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" This bestial apparition and a certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months afterwards, have fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning rage, as manifested in the human animal, to the end of my days. Of the nigger I... "
The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad - Page xv
by Joseph Conrad - 1921
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The London Mercury, Volume 3

Sir John Collings Squire - English literature - 1921 - 742 pages
...an air of immense commiseration, " The poor man has left a young daughter." Who was to take care of her I don't know, but I saw the devoted Martin taking...afterwards. Of Pedro never. The impression was less permanent. I got away from him too quickly. It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a...
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Victory

Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 426 pages
...give to Ricardo. The reader need not be told that I have oot forgotten him, though. My contact *ith the faithful Pedro was much shorter and my observation...too quickly. It seems to me but natural that those thret buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world — so natural...
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VICTORY

JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...immensely surprised of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world—so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence. They were there, they had to come out;...
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The Works of Joseph Conrad: The shadow line

Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...immensely surprised of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world—so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence. They were there, they had to come out;...
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Experiments in Writing: A High School Textbook in Composition for ..., Volume 2

Luella Bussey Cook - English language - 1927 - 528 pages
...bestial apparition and a certain enormous nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months afterward have fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning...my days. Of the nigger I used to dream for years. It seems to me but natural that these three characters, buried in a corner of my memory, should suddenly...
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The Mercury Book: Second Series; Being Selections from ..., Volume 2, Part 4

H. Cotton Minchin - English literature - 1928 - 270 pages
...immensely surprised, of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...afterwards. Of Pedro never. The impression was less permanent. I got away from him too quickly. Since this Note is mostly concerned with personal contacts...
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The London Mercury, Volume 3

Sir John Collings Squire - English literature - 1920 - 742 pages
...immensely surprised, of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...afterwards. Of Pedro never. The impression was less permanent. I got away from him too quickly. It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a...
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Joseph Conrad: Third World Perspectives

Robert D. Hamner - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 294 pages
...first encounter with a black man is very revealing: A certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning...Of the nigger I used to dream for years afterwards. Certainly, Conrad had a problem with niggers. His inordinate love of that word itself should be of...
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Long Drums & Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952-1966

Margaret Laurence - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 340 pages
...account of his encounter with a black person: "A certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning...Of the nigger I used to dream for years afterwards" (Achebe "Image" 13). Conrad's shocking statement demonstrates his vast distance from Laurence's humane...
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Victory: An Island Tale

Joseph Conrad, Mara Kalnins - Fiction - 2004 - 404 pages
...immensely surprised of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...impression was less vivid. I got away from him too quickly. come out; and this is a sufficient excuse for a writer of tales who had taken to his trade without...
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