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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... sudden impulse - I went flop on my knees ; so you may judge - ' They were gazing earnestly into each other's eyes . Poor Morri- son added , as a discouraging afterthought : ' Only this is such ... suddenly risen and hit him on the VICTORY 9.
... sudden impulse - I went flop on my knees ; so you may judge - ' They were gazing earnestly into each other's eyes . Poor Morri- son added , as a discouraging afterthought : ' Only this is such ... suddenly risen and hit him on the VICTORY 9.
Page 74
... sudden conviction of their desperate character . The way Mr Jones turned his hollow eyes on one , like an incurious spectre , and the way the other , when addressed , suddenly retracted his lips and exhibited his teeth without looking ...
... sudden conviction of their desperate character . The way Mr Jones turned his hollow eyes on one , like an incurious spectre , and the way the other , when addressed , suddenly retracted his lips and exhibited his teeth without looking ...
Page 266
... sudden and overwhelming sense of utter insecurity . And this made Mr Jones feel very savage ; but not against the man with ... suddenly to a confidential tone , fixing his sepulchral stare on Heyst . ' And yet here I am , taken in by the ...
... sudden and overwhelming sense of utter insecurity . And this made Mr Jones feel very savage ; but not against the man with ... suddenly to a confidential tone , fixing his sepulchral stare on Heyst . ' And yet here I am , taken in by the ...
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