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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Page 100
... hangs on to me . He is an alligator - hunter . I picked him up in Colombia , you know . Ever been in Colombia ? " " No ... Hang these native craft ! They always get in the way . " He was a muscular , short man with eyes that gleamed and ...
... hangs on to me . He is an alligator - hunter . I picked him up in Colombia , you know . Ever been in Colombia ? " " No ... Hang these native craft ! They always get in the way . " He was a muscular , short man with eyes that gleamed and ...
Page 132
... hang which you do , both or neither . To bring the skipper up was easy enough . I had only to stamp on the deck a few times over his head . I stamped hard . But how to keep him up when he got there ? 666 ' Anything the matter , Mr ...
... hang which you do , both or neither . To bring the skipper up was easy enough . I had only to stamp on the deck a few times over his head . I stamped hard . But how to keep him up when he got there ? 666 ' Anything the matter , Mr ...
Page 166
... Hang it all ! Too much humouring won't do here . " " Funny thing , " Schomberg observed crisply . " Is it ? Ay , you wouldn't mind taking a woman by the throat in some dark corner and nobody by , I bet ! " Ricardo's dreadful , vicious ...
... Hang it all ! Too much humouring won't do here . " " Funny thing , " Schomberg observed crisply . " Is it ? Ay , you wouldn't mind taking a woman by the throat in some dark corner and nobody by , I bet ! " Ricardo's dreadful , vicious ...
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