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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... told without any particular emotion by the padrone of the schooner that the ' Rich man ' down there was dead : He had died in the night . I don't remember ever being so moved by the desolate end of a complete stranger . I looked down ...
... told without any particular emotion by the padrone of the schooner that the ' Rich man ' down there was dead : He had died in the night . I don't remember ever being so moved by the desolate end of a complete stranger . I looked down ...
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... told . So I am telling you , and I dare say you only half believe it . But you can't say to yourself that I am drunk , stare at me as you may . I haven't had anything stronger than a glass of iced water all day . Takes a real gentleman ...
... told . So I am telling you , and I dare say you only half believe it . But you can't say to yourself that I am drunk , stare at me as you may . I haven't had anything stronger than a glass of iced water all day . Takes a real gentleman ...
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... told him I would leave it to him , in a tone which , between gen- tlemen , could have left no doubt in his mind . He raised himself on his elbow - he was lying down on the camp - bed - and said : " " I am he who is Lena seemed not to be ...
... told him I would leave it to him , in a tone which , between gen- tlemen , could have left no doubt in his mind . He raised himself on his elbow - he was lying down on the camp - bed - and said : " " I am he who is Lena seemed not to be ...
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