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
... expression of the man's blue eyes looking into her own . 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 ...
... expression of the man's blue eyes looking into her own . 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 ...
Page 155
... expression . No , nobody could run off with a continent ; but Heyst had run off with the girl ! Ricardo could have had no conception of the cause of Schomberg's changed expression . Yet it was notice- able enough to interest him so much ...
... expression . No , nobody could run off with a continent ; but Heyst had run off with the girl ! Ricardo could have had no conception of the cause of Schomberg's changed expression . Yet it was notice- able enough to interest him so much ...
Page 203
... expression . " It's difficult to resist where nothing matters , " he observed . " And perhaps there is a grain of freakish- ness in my nature . It amused me to go about uttering silly , commonplace phrases . I was never so well thought ...
... expression . " It's difficult to resist where nothing matters , " he observed . " And perhaps there is a grain of freakish- ness in my nature . It amused me to go about uttering silly , commonplace phrases . I was never so well thought ...
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