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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... Sourabaya - where else ? ” The Tesmans had their principal counting - house in Sourabaya . There had long existed a connection be- tween Heyst and the Tesmans . The incongruity of a hermit having agents did not strike us , nor yet the ...
... Sourabaya - where else ? ” The Tesmans had their principal counting - house in Sourabaya . There had long existed a connection be- tween Heyst and the Tesmans . The incongruity of a hermit having agents did not strike us , nor yet the ...
Page 55
... " " I never knew him even as that - not till this time , when you were so obliging as to take me to Sourabaya , I went to stay there from economy . The Netherlands House is very expensive , and they expect you to VICTORY 55.
... " " I never knew him even as that - not till this time , when you were so obliging as to take me to Sourabaya , I went to stay there from economy . The Netherlands House is very expensive , and they expect you to VICTORY 55.
Page 181
... the Chinaman's obedience to his instincts , the powerful simplicity of purpose which made his existence appear almost automatic in the mysterious precision of its facts . 1 П DURING his master's absence at Sourabaya , Wang VICTORY 181.
... the Chinaman's obedience to his instincts , the powerful simplicity of purpose which made his existence appear almost automatic in the mysterious precision of its facts . 1 П DURING his master's absence at Sourabaya , Wang VICTORY 181.
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