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 73
He saw the stony amazement in hers give way to a momentary alarm, which was
succeeded by an expression of resignation. “I am sure she pinched your arm
most cruelly,” he murmured, rather disconcerted now at what he had done. It was
a ...
He saw the stony amazement in hers give way to a momentary alarm, which was
succeeded by an expression of resignation. “I am sure she pinched your arm
most cruelly,” he murmured, rather disconcerted now at what he had done. It was
a ...
Page 155
the context, has its power; and these two words, “run off,” had a special affinity to
the hotel-keeper's haunting idea. It was always present in his brain, and now it
came forward evoked by a purely fortuitous expression. No, nobody could run off
...
the context, has its power; and these two words, “run off,” had a special affinity to
the hotel-keeper's haunting idea. It was always present in his brain, and now it
came forward evoked by a purely fortuitous expression. No, nobody could run off
...
Page 203
But it soon passed away, leaving only a moody expression. “It's difficult to resist
where nothing matters,” he observed. “And perhaps there is a grain of
freakishness in my nature. It amused me to go about uttering silly, commonplace
phrases.
But it soon passed away, leaving only a moody expression. “It's difficult to resist
where nothing matters,” he observed. “And perhaps there is a grain of
freakishness in my nature. It amused me to go about uttering silly, commonplace
phrases.
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| Title | Victory Hampton Court editions |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Sun Dial Press, 1937 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2017 |
| Length | 412 pages |
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