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 184
... Number One . " Wang was not able to understand the words , but the tone interested him . " Where are you ? " cried Number One . Then Wang heard , much more faint , a voice he had never heard before a novel impression which he ac ...
... Number One . " Wang was not able to understand the words , but the tone interested him . " Where are you ? " cried Number One . Then Wang heard , much more faint , a voice he had never heard before a novel impression which he ac ...
Page 189
... Number One and the woman , two remote white specks against the sombre line of the forest . In a moment they vanished . With the smallest display of action , Wang also vanished from the sunlight of the clearing . Heyst and Lena entered ...
... Number One and the woman , two remote white specks against the sombre line of the forest . In a moment they vanished . With the smallest display of action , Wang also vanished from the sunlight of the clearing . Heyst and Lena entered ...
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... Number One , a man not only disarmed but already half vanquished . Till that morning he had had doubts as to his course of action , but this overheard scuffle decided the question . Number One was a doomed man - one of those beings whom ...
... Number One , a man not only disarmed but already half vanquished . Till that morning he had had doubts as to his course of action , but this overheard scuffle decided the question . Number One was a doomed man - one of those beings whom ...
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