Victory"A drifter in the islands of the Malay Archipelago rescues a young Englishwoman from her predatory boss, and the vengeful employer sets a trio of miscreants on their trail. Joseph Conrad's first popular success abounds in the elements characteristic of his later work: an exotic setting, richly and powerfully evoked; muscular prose; complex characterization; and a compelling examination of the human capacity for good and evil"-- |
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He was small and wizened — which was strange , because generally a
Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To
serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become convinced you deal
straight by them ...
He was small and wizened — which was strange , because generally a
Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To
serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become convinced you deal
straight by them ...
Page 181
Presently , giving way to a Chinaman's ruling passion , he could be observed
breaking the ground near his hut , between the mighty stumps of felled trees ,
with a miner's pickaxe . After a time , he discovered a rusty but serviceable spade
in ...
Presently , giving way to a Chinaman's ruling passion , he could be observed
breaking the ground near his hut , between the mighty stumps of felled trees ,
with a miner's pickaxe . After a time , he discovered a rusty but serviceable spade
in ...
Page 382
It would be useless , for instance , to tell me that your Chinaman has run off with
your money . A man living alone with a Chinaman on an island takes care to
conceal property of that kind so well that the devil himself“ Certainly , ” Heyst
muttered ...
It would be useless , for instance , to tell me that your Chinaman has run off with
your money . A man living alone with a Chinaman on an island takes care to
conceal property of that kind so well that the devil himself“ Certainly , ” Heyst
muttered ...
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| Title | Victory Hampton Court editions |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Sun Dial Press, 1937 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2017 |
| Length | 412 pages |
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