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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... smiling stupidly over the billiards from time to time, speaking to no one, and no one speaking to her. Schomberg himself took no more interest in her than may be implied in a sudden and totally unmotived scowl. Otherwise the very ...
... smiling stupidly over the billiards from time to time, speaking to no one, and no one speaking to her. Schomberg himself took no more interest in her than may be implied in a sudden and totally unmotived scowl. Otherwise the very ...
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... smiling stupidly now and then. Davidson viewed her profile with a flattened nose, a hollow cheek, and one staring ... smile of a man making an amusing experiment. He spoke again to her: "But the other members of that orchestra were ...
... smiling stupidly now and then. Davidson viewed her profile with a flattened nose, a hollow cheek, and one staring ... smile of a man making an amusing experiment. He spoke again to her: "But the other members of that orchestra were ...
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... smiles with a serious round face. Heyst had taken the girl away to Samburan; and that was no joking matter. The loneliness, the ruins of the spot, had impressed Davidson's simple soul. They were incompatible with the frivolous comments ...
... smiles with a serious round face. Heyst had taken the girl away to Samburan; and that was no joking matter. The loneliness, the ruins of the spot, had impressed Davidson's simple soul. They were incompatible with the frivolous comments ...
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