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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... "Nobody has sent me. I just happened along." "I know better," contradicted Morrison. "I may be unworthy, but I have been heard. I know it. I feel it. For why should you offer" Heyst inclined his head, as from respect for a conviction.
... "Nobody has sent me. I just happened along." "I know better," contradicted Morrison. "I may be unworthy, but I have been heard. I know it. I feel it. For why should you offer" Heyst inclined his head, as from respect for a conviction.
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... better authority than a general propensity to believe every evil report; and a good many others who found it simply funny to call Heyst the Spiderbehind his back, of course. He was as serenely unconscious of this as of his several other ...
... better authority than a general propensity to believe every evil report; and a good many others who found it simply funny to call Heyst the Spiderbehind his back, of course. He was as serenely unconscious of this as of his several other ...
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... better than a loafer around here as far back as any of us can remember." "Yes, he said he was looking for facts. Well, he's got hold of one that will do for all of us," commented a bitter voice. "That's what they call developmentand be ...
... better than a loafer around here as far back as any of us can remember." "Yes, he said he was looking for facts. Well, he's got hold of one that will do for all of us," commented a bitter voice. "That's what they call developmentand be ...
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... better than slaves really. Was that fellow with the dyed beard decent in his way?" The mechanism remained silent. The sympathetic soul of Davidson drew its own conclusions. "Beastly life for these women!" he said. "When you say an ...
... better than slaves really. Was that fellow with the dyed beard decent in his way?" The mechanism remained silent. The sympathetic soul of Davidson drew its own conclusions. "Beastly life for these women!" he said. "When you say an ...
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