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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... Swede . " He put a stress on the word Swede as if it meant scoundrel . He detested Scandinavians generally . Why ? Goodness only knows . A fool like that is unfathomable . He continued : " It's five months or more since I have spoken to ...
... Swede . " He put a stress on the word Swede as if it meant scoundrel . He detested Scandinavians generally . Why ? Goodness only knows . A fool like that is unfathomable . He continued : " It's five months or more since I have spoken to ...
Page 94
... Swede , " apparently without any trouble worth speaking of . He refused to believe the fact . He would have it , at first , that the Zangia- comos , for some unfathomable reason , had played him a scurvy trick ; but when no further ...
... Swede , " apparently without any trouble worth speaking of . He refused to believe the fact . He would have it , at first , that the Zangia- comos , for some unfathomable reason , had played him a scurvy trick ; but when no further ...
Page 163
... Swede had done to her what he promised her , how he frightened her . She couldn't have cared for him , I know . " Schom- berg's vanity clung to the belief in some atrocious , ex- traordinary means of seduction employed by Heyst . " Look ...
... Swede had done to her what he promised her , how he frightened her . She couldn't have cared for him , I know . " Schom- berg's vanity clung to the belief in some atrocious , ex- traordinary means of seduction employed by Heyst . " Look ...
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