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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... hand that come without reflection and lead the man to excellence in life, in art, in crime, in virtue, and, for the matter of that, even in love. Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am ...
... hand that come without reflection and lead the man to excellence in life, in art, in crime, in virtue, and, for the matter of that, even in love. Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am ...
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... hands reposing in her lap, the very image of dreamy innocence. The mature, badtempered woman at the piano might have been her mother, though there was not the slightest resemblance between them. All I am certain of in their personal ...
... hands reposing in her lap, the very image of dreamy innocence. The mature, badtempered woman at the piano might have been her mother, though there was not the slightest resemblance between them. All I am certain of in their personal ...
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... The convinced wave of the hand which accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward. In connection with the finished courtesy of his manner, it was persuasive, or at any rate silencingfor a time,
... The convinced wave of the hand which accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward. In connection with the finished courtesy of his manner, it was persuasive, or at any rate silencingfor a time,
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... hand a long glass emptied of its contentspaid for by Heyst he said, with that deliberate sagacity which no mere waterdrinker ever attained: "Heyst's a puffect g'n'lman. Puffect! But he's a ututoutopist." Heyst had just gone out of the ...
... hand a long glass emptied of its contentspaid for by Heyst he said, with that deliberate sagacity which no mere waterdrinker ever attained: "Heyst's a puffect g'n'lman. Puffect! But he's a ututoutopist." Heyst had just gone out of the ...
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... hand. With his system of trading it would have been strange if he had; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a millrei onlet alone a shilling. The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress ...
... hand. With his system of trading it would have been strange if he had; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a millrei onlet alone a shilling. The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress ...
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answer appeared arms asked believe better boat bungalow chair Chinaman clear close coming course dark Davidson don't door doubt existence expected expression eyes face fact feeling feet fellow felt gave girl give glance gone governor hand head hear heard Heyst hold island Jones keep knew leaving Lena light lips living looked manner matter mean mind Morrison moved movement murmured mysterious nature never night observed once passed Pedro perhaps raised reason remained remarked Ricardo round Schomberg seemed seen shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak steps stopped strange suddenly suppose surprised talk tell There's thing thought told tone took trouble turned understand veranda voice waited walked Wang watched whispered woman wonder