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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... tone in which there was no gratitude but only surprise. I must have been idle indeed to take the trouble to remark on such slight evidence that the voice was very charming and when the performers resumed their seats I shifted my ...
... tone in which there was no gratitude but only surprise. I must have been idle indeed to take the trouble to remark on such slight evidence that the voice was very charming and when the performers resumed their seats I shifted my ...
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... tone, fervour, rapture, what you will, or perhaps by the incongruity of it that he had related the experience to more than one person. "Queer chap, that Swede," was his only comment; but this is the origin of the name "Enchanted Heyst ...
... tone, fervour, rapture, what you will, or perhaps by the incongruity of it that he had related the experience to more than one person. "Queer chap, that Swede," was his only comment; but this is the origin of the name "Enchanted Heyst ...
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... tone, the week was nearly out. Heyst crossed over, and said with a slight bow, and in the manner of a prince addressing another prince on a private occasion: "What an unexpected pleasure. Would you have any objection to drink something ...
... tone, the week was nearly out. Heyst crossed over, and said with a slight bow, and in the manner of a prince addressing another prince on a private occasion: "What an unexpected pleasure. Would you have any objection to drink something ...
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... tone, with a manoftheworld air. "It's a villainous plot. Unluckily, one is helpless. That scoundrel CousinhoAndreas, you knowhas been coveting the brig for years. Naturally, I would never sell. She is not only my livelihood; she's my ...
... tone, with a manoftheworld air. "It's a villainous plot. Unluckily, one is helpless. That scoundrel CousinhoAndreas, you knowhas been coveting the brig for years. Naturally, I would never sell. She is not only my livelihood; she's my ...
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... tone. "I think I will sit down for a moment and have a drink, after all." This was not what Schomberg had expected to hear. He called brutally: "Boy!" The Chinaman approached, and after referring him to the white man by a nod the ...
... tone. "I think I will sit down for a moment and have a drink, after all." This was not what Schomberg had expected to hear. He called brutally: "Boy!" The Chinaman approached, and after referring him to the white man by a nod the ...
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