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 83
He felt that he had engaged himself by a rash promise to an action big with
incalculable consequences . And then he asked himself if the girl had understood
what he meant . Who could tell ? He was assailed by all sorts of doubts . Raising
his ...
He felt that he had engaged himself by a rash promise to an action big with
incalculable consequences . And then he asked himself if the girl had understood
what he meant . Who could tell ? He was assailed by all sorts of doubts . Raising
his ...
Page 89
It was the first time for years I may say that I felt disposed to smile . I've not had
many chances to smile in my life , I can tell you ; especially of late . “ But you do it
most charmingly - in a perfectly fascinating way . He paused . She stood still ...
It was the first time for years I may say that I felt disposed to smile . I've not had
many chances to smile in my life , I can tell you ; especially of late . “ But you do it
most charmingly - in a perfectly fascinating way . He paused . She stood still ...
Page 246
She had admired him from the first ; she had been attracted by his warm voice ,
his gentle eye , but she had felt him too wonderfully difficult to know . He had
given to life a savour , a movement , a promise mingled with menaces , which she
had ...
She had admired him from the first ; she had been attracted by his warm voice ,
his gentle eye , but she had felt him too wonderfully difficult to know . He had
given to life a savour , a movement , a promise mingled with menaces , which she
had ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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