VictoryOnce regarded as comparatively minor amongst Conrad's works, Victory has grown in reputation. Its depiction of the central character, Axel Heyst, and his renunciation of the world, is influenced by Conrad's reading of Schopenhauer. |
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... ., of adventurous memory. However, there was no reason to think that Heyst was in any way a fighting man. CHAPTER. TWO. It was about this time that Heyst became associated with Morrison on terms about which people were in doubt. Some said ...
... ., of adventurous memory. However, there was no reason to think that Heyst was in any way a fighting man. CHAPTER. TWO. It was about this time that Heyst became associated with Morrison on terms about which people were in doubt. Some said ...
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... Morrison, who, in his way, was also an "enchanted" man. When you spoke to Morrison of going home he was from Dorsetshirehe shuddered. He said it was dark and wet there; that it was like living with your head and shoulders in a moist ...
... Morrison, who, in his way, was also an "enchanted" man. When you spoke to Morrison of going home he was from Dorsetshirehe shuddered. He said it was dark and wet there; that it was like living with your head and shoulders in a moist ...
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... Morrison had a wife in each and every one of them, but the majority of us repulsed these innuendoes with indignation. He was a true humanitarian and rather ascetic than otherwise. When Heyst met him in Delli, Morrison was walking along ...
... Morrison had a wife in each and every one of them, but the majority of us repulsed these innuendoes with indignation. He was a true humanitarian and rather ascetic than otherwise. When Heyst met him in Delli, Morrison was walking along ...
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... Morrison's despairing reserve had broken down. He had been wandering with a dry throat all over that miserable town of mud hovels, silent, with no soul to turn to in his distress, and positively maddened by his thoughts; and suddenly he ...
... Morrison's despairing reserve had broken down. He had been wandering with a dry throat all over that miserable town of mud hovels, silent, with no soul to turn to in his distress, and positively maddened by his thoughts; and suddenly he ...
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... Morrison added, as a discouraging afterthought: "Only this is such a Godforsaken spot." Heyst inquired with a delicate intonation whether he might know the amount for which the brig was seized. Morrison suppressed an oath, and named ...
... Morrison added, as a discouraging afterthought: "Only this is such a Godforsaken spot." Heyst inquired with a delicate intonation whether he might know the amount for which the brig was seized. Morrison suppressed an oath, and named ...
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