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 164
... light away to the west . Heyst stared at the guests whom the renounced world had sent him thus at the end of the day . The only other vestige of light left on earth lurked in the hollows of the thin man's eyes . They gleamed , mobile ...
... light away to the west . Heyst stared at the guests whom the renounced world had sent him thus at the end of the day . The only other vestige of light left on earth lurked in the hollows of the thin man's eyes . They gleamed , mobile ...
Page 170
... light in which his feet were planted . He suffered from a trouble with which she had nothing to do . She had no general conception of the condi- tions of the existence he had offered to her . Drawn into its peculiar stagnation she ...
... light in which his feet were planted . He suffered from a trouble with which she had nothing to do . She had no general conception of the condi- tions of the existence he had offered to her . Drawn into its peculiar stagnation she ...
Page 255
... light . Wait in the forest till the table is pushed into full view of the doorway , and you see three candles out of four blown out and one relighted - or , should the lights be put out here while you watch them , wait till three ...
... light . Wait in the forest till the table is pushed into full view of the doorway , and you see three candles out of four blown out and one relighted - or , should the lights be put out here while you watch them , wait till three ...
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