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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... person who came out East with letters of introduc- tion - and modest letters of credit , too - some years before these coal - outcrops began to crop up in his playfully courteous talk . From the first there was some difficulty in making ...
... person who came out East with letters of introduc- tion - and modest letters of credit , too - some years before these coal - outcrops began to crop up in his playfully courteous talk . From the first there was some difficulty in making ...
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... person than Heyst would have exclaimed at it . And even Heyst could hardly keep incredulity out of his politely modulated voice as he asked if it was a fact that Morrison had not that amount in hand . Morrison hadn't . He had only a ...
... person than Heyst would have exclaimed at it . And even Heyst could hardly keep incredulity out of his politely modulated voice as he asked if it was a fact that Morrison had not that amount in hand . Morrison hadn't . He had only a ...
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... person ; but in Samburan he had clothed himself in a mysterious stolidity and did not seem to resent not being spoken to except in single words , at a rate which did not average half a dozen per day . And he gave no more than he got ...
... person ; but in Samburan he had clothed himself in a mysterious stolidity and did not seem to resent not being spoken to except in single words , at a rate which did not average half a dozen per day . And he gave no more than he got ...
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