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" This bestial apparition and a certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months afterwards, have fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning rage, as manifested in the human animal, to the end of my days. Of the nigger I... "
Victory - Page xv
by Joseph Conrad - 1921
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The London Mercury, Volume 3

Sir John Collings Squire - English literature - 1921 - 742 pages
...lemonade I have not to this day the slightest idea what in my appearance or actions could have roused his terrible ire. It became manifest to me less than...afterwards. Of Pedro never. The impression was less permanent. I got away from him too quickly. It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a...
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Victory

Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 426 pages
...lemonade I have not to this day the slightest idea what in my appearance or actions could have roused his terrible ire. It became manifest to me less than...too quickly. It seems to me but natural that those thret buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world — so natural...
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VICTORY

JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...immensely surprised of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world—so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence. They were there, they had to come out;...
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The Works of Joseph Conrad: The shadow line

Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...immensely surprised of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world—so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence. They were there, they had to come out;...
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Experiments in Writing: A High School Textbook in Composition for ..., Volume 2

Luella Bussey Cook - English language - 1927 - 528 pages
...bestial apparition and a certain enormous nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months afterward have fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning...my days. Of the nigger I used to dream for years. It seems to me but natural that these three characters, buried in a corner of my memory, should suddenly...
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The Mercury Book: Second Series; Being Selections from ..., Volume 2, Part 4

H. Cotton Minchin - English literature - 1928 - 270 pages
...immensely surprised, of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...afterwards. Of Pedro never. The impression was less permanent. I got away from him too quickly. Since this Note is mostly concerned with personal contacts...
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The London Mercury, Volume 3

Sir John Collings Squire - English literature - 1920 - 742 pages
...immensely surprised, of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...afterwards. Of Pedro never. The impression was less permanent. I got away from him too quickly. It seems to me but natural that those three buried in a...
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Joseph Conrad: Third World Perspectives

Robert D. Hamner - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 294 pages
...first encounter with a black man is very revealing: A certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning...Of the nigger I used to dream for years afterwards. Certainly, Conrad had a problem with niggers. His inordinate love of that word itself should be of...
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Long Drums & Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952-1966

Margaret Laurence - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 340 pages
...account of his encounter with a black person: "A certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning...Of the nigger I used to dream for years afterwards" (Achebe "Image" 13). Conrad's shocking statement demonstrates his vast distance from Laurence's humane...
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Victory: An Island Tale

Joseph Conrad, Mara Kalnins - Fiction - 2004 - 404 pages
...immensely surprised of course I didn't stop to think it out. I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a certain enormous...impression was less vivid. I got away from him too quickly. come out; and this is a sufficient excuse for a writer of tales who had taken to his trade without...
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