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 48
The big woman, advancing, concealed the girl from his sight for a moment. She
bent over the seated youthful figure, in passing it very close, as if to drop a word
into its ear. Her lips did certainly move. But what sort of word could it have been
to ...
The big woman, advancing, concealed the girl from his sight for a moment. She
bent over the seated youthful figure, in passing it very close, as if to drop a word
into its ear. Her lips did certainly move. But what sort of word could it have been
to ...
Page 77
inquired Mr Jones, in his lifeless manner, which seemed to imply some sort of
menace from beyond the grave. 'He's a gentleman,' testified Martin Ricardo with a
sudden snap of the lips, after which his moustaches stirred by themselves in an ...
inquired Mr Jones, in his lifeless manner, which seemed to imply some sort of
menace from beyond the grave. 'He's a gentleman,' testified Martin Ricardo with a
sudden snap of the lips, after which his moustaches stirred by themselves in an ...
Page 144
Have I a particularly vile countenance? Is black selfishness written all over my
face? Or is that sort of thing so universally human that it might be said of anybody
?' 'It wasn't murder,' she insisted earnestly. 'I know. I understand. It was worse.
Have I a particularly vile countenance? Is black selfishness written all over my
face? Or is that sort of thing so universally human that it might be said of anybody
?' 'It wasn't murder,' she insisted earnestly. 'I know. I understand. It was worse.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Victory Classics Library Wordsworth Collection Wordsworth classics of world literature Wordsworth classics |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Wordsworth Classics, 1995 |
| ISBN | 1853262560, 9781853262562 |
| Length | 283 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Classics |
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