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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... stay with one of the Tesmans . One of us even wondered what sort of reception he would get ; for it was known that Julius Tesman was unreasonably bitter about the Tropical Belt Coal fiasco . But Davidson set us right . It was nothing of ...
... stay with one of the Tesmans . One of us even wondered what sort of reception he would get ; for it was known that Julius Tesman was unreasonably bitter about the Tropical Belt Coal fiasco . But Davidson set us right . It was nothing of ...
Page 76
... stay . Ricardo displayed no conversa- tional vein , but Mr Jones appeared communicative enough . His voice somehow matched his sunken eyes . It was hollow without being in the least mournful ; it sounded distant , uninterested , as ...
... stay . Ricardo displayed no conversa- tional vein , but Mr Jones appeared communicative enough . His voice somehow matched his sunken eyes . It was hollow without being in the least mournful ; it sounded distant , uninterested , as ...
Page 111
... staying here . ' Ricardo could not be more sick of staying than Schomberg was of seeing him stay . Schomberg believed so firmly in the reality of Heyst as created by his own power of false inferences , of his hate , of his love of ...
... staying here . ' Ricardo could not be more sick of staying than Schomberg was of seeing him stay . Schomberg believed so firmly in the reality of Heyst as created by his own power of false inferences , of his hate , of his love of ...
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