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 290
... curtain . For it was behind it that he had located the strange , deadened scuffling sounds which filled the empty room . The slanting eyes of his race could not achieve a round , amazed stare ; but they remained still , dead still , and ...
... curtain . For it was behind it that he had located the strange , deadened scuffling sounds which filled the empty room . The slanting eyes of his race could not achieve a round , amazed stare ; but they remained still , dead still , and ...
Page 330
... curtain . When the curtain had fallen behind her , she turned her head back with an expression of infinite and tender concern for him - for him whom she could never hope to understand , and whom she was afraid she could never satisfy ...
... curtain . When the curtain had fallen behind her , she turned her head back with an expression of infinite and tender concern for him - for him whom she could never hope to understand , and whom she was afraid she could never satisfy ...
Page 374
... curtain hiding menacing prepara- tions of violence . As the feet of the two men touched the ground , a rumble came from behind it , preceded by a swift , mysterious gleam of light on the waters of the bay . " Ha ! " said Ricardo . " It ...
... curtain hiding menacing prepara- tions of violence . As the feet of the two men touched the ground , a rumble came from behind it , preceded by a swift , mysterious gleam of light on the waters of the bay . " Ha ! " said Ricardo . " It ...
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