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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... Heart of Darkness , and The End of the Tether ( 1902 ) , Typhoon : and Other Stories ( 1903 ) , Nostromo ( 1904 ) ... heart attack , on the morning of 3 August 1924 at his home - Oswalds , Bishopsbourne , near Canterbury , Kent . He is ...
... Heart of Darkness , and The End of the Tether ( 1902 ) , Typhoon : and Other Stories ( 1903 ) , Nostromo ( 1904 ) ... heart attack , on the morning of 3 August 1924 at his home - Oswalds , Bishopsbourne , near Canterbury , Kent . He is ...
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... heart . ' Calm yourself , calm yourself , ' he murmured in her ear , returning her clasp at first mechanically , and afterward with a growing appre- ciation of her distressed humanity . The heaving of her breast and the trembling of all ...
... heart . ' Calm yourself , calm yourself , ' he murmured in her ear , returning her clasp at first mechanically , and afterward with a growing appre- ciation of her distressed humanity . The heaving of her breast and the trembling of all ...
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... heart at that moment more than closer caresses had done before . He had not expected that ready impulse towards himself which had been dor- mant in her passive attitude . He had just felt the clasp of her arms round his neck , when ...
... heart at that moment more than closer caresses had done before . He had not expected that ready impulse towards himself which had been dor- mant in her passive attitude . He had just felt the clasp of her arms round his neck , when ...
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