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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... waited for him in a world which he persisted in looking upon as a malevolent shadow spinning in the sunlight . Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would recall.
... waited for him in a world which he persisted in looking upon as a malevolent shadow spinning in the sunlight . Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would recall.
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... waited for him - no fit companion for a man of his ability and ' in the prime of life . ' But that life , alas , was blighted . He felt it ; and never with such force as when on opening the door he perceived that woman sitting patiently ...
... waited for him - no fit companion for a man of his ability and ' in the prime of life . ' But that life , alas , was blighted . He felt it ; and never with such force as when on opening the door he perceived that woman sitting patiently ...
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... waited to compose himself before he dared to meet the governor . On entering the room , he found Mr Jones sitting on the camp bedstead like a tailor on his board , cross- legged , his long back against the wall . ' I say , sir ! You ...
... waited to compose himself before he dared to meet the governor . On entering the room , he found Mr Jones sitting on the camp bedstead like a tailor on his board , cross- legged , his long back against the wall . ' I say , sir ! You ...
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