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 137
... There were one hundred and twenty - seven sovereigns and some Mexican dollars in that skipper's cash - box . Hardly ... There's also unnecessary exertion . That must be avoided , too - if only for the look of the thing . ' A gentleman's ...
... There were one hundred and twenty - seven sovereigns and some Mexican dollars in that skipper's cash - box . Hardly ... There's also unnecessary exertion . That must be avoided , too - if only for the look of the thing . ' A gentleman's ...
Page 265
... There's that Chinaman , though . ' " Ay , there's the Chink , " assented Ricardo rather absentmindedly . He was debating in his mind the advisability of making a clean breast of his knowledge of the girl's ex- istence . Finally he ...
... There's that Chinaman , though . ' " Ay , there's the Chink , " assented Ricardo rather absentmindedly . He was debating in his mind the advisability of making a clean breast of his knowledge of the girl's ex- istence . Finally he ...
Page 351
... There's somebody after us . I saw something white moving , " she cried . Heyst did not turn his head ; he only ... there we could not remain very long . And then that gallery is not safe . The props were too weak to begin with . Ants ...
... There's somebody after us . I saw something white moving , " she cried . Heyst did not turn his head ; he only ... there we could not remain very long . And then that gallery is not safe . The props were too weak to begin with . Ants ...
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