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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... Chinaman squeaked hurriedly : " All right , all right , all right . You do what you like , captain . " > And there was an end of the matter ; not altogether , though . From time to time the Chinaman used to ask Davidson about the white ...
... Chinaman squeaked hurriedly : " All right , all right , all right . You do what you like , captain . " > And there was an end of the matter ; not altogether , though . From time to time the Chinaman used to ask Davidson about the white ...
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... 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 dis- covered a rusty but serviceable spade in one of the empty ...
... 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 dis- covered a rusty but serviceable spade in one of the empty ...
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... Chinaman has run off with your money . A man living alone with a Chinaman on an island takes care to con- ceal property of that kind so well that the devil him- self- 99 " Certainly , " Heyst muttered . Again , with his left hand , Mr ...
... Chinaman has run off with your money . A man living alone with a Chinaman on an island takes care to con- ceal property of that kind so well that the devil him- self- 99 " Certainly , " Heyst muttered . Again , with his left hand , Mr ...
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