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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... girl ! " You might have knocked me down with a feather , " Davidson told us some time afterward . By then he was taking an indulgent view of both the parties to that amazing transaction . First of all , on reflection , he was by no ...
... girl ! " You might have knocked me down with a feather , " Davidson told us some time afterward . By then he was taking an indulgent view of both the parties to that amazing transaction . First of all , on reflection , he was by no ...
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... girl ? The girl is nothing to me . ' He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start . That's what the girl was ; and he reiterated the assertion that she was nothing to him . What he was concerned for was the good name of his ...
... girl ? The girl is nothing to me . ' He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start . That's what the girl was ; and he reiterated the assertion that she was nothing to him . What he was concerned for was the good name of his ...
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... girl . I saw them rushing around making inquiries . I don't know what they would have done to the girl , but they seemed quite ready to fall upon your Heyst , Davidson , and kill him on the quay . " He had never , he said , seen ...
... girl . I saw them rushing around making inquiries . I don't know what they would have done to the girl , but they seemed quite ready to fall upon your Heyst , Davidson , and kill him on the quay . " He had never , he said , seen ...
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