VictoryOn a rare impulse Swedish Baron and rootless drifter Axel Heyst, rescues a sea captain from his debts. This uncharacteristic act of kindness has unimagined and tragic repercussions for many people, with the reader being left to decide the nature and attainability of ultimate victory. |
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Page 118
... chair . They had been talking a long time . The noises of the street had died out one by one , till at last , in the moonlight , the London houses began to look like the tombs of an unvisited , unho- noured , cemetery of hopes . He had ...
... chair . They had been talking a long time . The noises of the street had died out one by one , till at last , in the moonlight , the London houses began to look like the tombs of an unvisited , unho- noured , cemetery of hopes . He had ...
Page 151
... chair - it was the one she always used - and looked as if her strength had suddenly gone from her , leaving her only her youth , which seemed very pathetic , very much at his mercy . He moved quickly towards the chair . ' Tired , are ...
... chair - it was the one she always used - and looked as if her strength had suddenly gone from her , leaving her only her youth , which seemed very pathetic , very much at his mercy . He moved quickly towards the chair . ' Tired , are ...
Page 268
... chair . She was in black ; her face was white , her head dreamily inclined on her breast . He saw her only as low as her knees . He saw her - there , in the room alive with a sombre reality . It was no mocking vision . She was not in ...
... chair . She was in black ; her face was white , her head dreamily inclined on her breast . He saw her only as low as her knees . He saw her - there , in the room alive with a sombre reality . It was no mocking vision . She was not in ...
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