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 70
... strange companion . The latter , looking more like a performing bear abandoned by his showmen than a human being , followed all Schomberg's movements step by step , close behind his back , muttering to himself in a language that sounded ...
... strange companion . The latter , looking more like a performing bear abandoned by his showmen than a human being , followed all Schomberg's movements step by step , close behind his back , muttering to himself in a language that sounded ...
Page 91
... strange in seeing drift - logs off a coast like that ; and I'm hanged if the skipper didn't make one out in the wake of the moon . Strange what a little thing a man's life hangs on sometimes - a single word ! Here you are , sitting ...
... strange in seeing drift - logs off a coast like that ; and I'm hanged if the skipper didn't make one out in the wake of the moon . Strange what a little thing a man's life hangs on sometimes - a single word ! Here you are , sitting ...
Page 120
... strange existence , while at the same time his native delicacy kept him from intruding on the other's whim of solitude . He could not possibly guess that Heyst , alone on the island , felt neither more nor less lonely than in any other ...
... strange existence , while at the same time his native delicacy kept him from intruding on the other's whim of solitude . He could not possibly guess that Heyst , alone on the island , felt neither more nor less lonely than in any other ...
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