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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... dark and wet there ; that it was like living with your head and shoulders in a moist gunny - bag . That was only his exaggerated style of talking . Morrison was " one of us . He was owner and master of the Capricorn , trading brig , and ...
... dark and wet there ; that it was like living with your head and shoulders in a moist gunny - bag . That was only his exaggerated style of talking . Morrison was " one of us . He was owner and master of the Capricorn , trading brig , and ...
Page 261
... darkness . He resisted the growing impulse to go out and steal toward the other bungalow . It would have been madness to start prowling in the dark on un- known ground . And for what end ? Unless to relieve the oppression . Immobility ...
... darkness . He resisted the growing impulse to go out and steal toward the other bungalow . It would have been madness to start prowling in the dark on un- known ground . And for what end ? Unless to relieve the oppression . Immobility ...
Page 281
... dark , cool , early - morning blue of Dia- mond Bay ; but the deep dusk lingered yet under the mighty pillars of the forest , between which the secretary dodged . He was watching Number One's bungalow with an animal - like patience , if ...
... dark , cool , early - morning blue of Dia- mond Bay ; but the deep dusk lingered yet under the mighty pillars of the forest , between which the secretary dodged . He was watching Number One's bungalow with an animal - like patience , if ...
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