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Page 374
As the feet of the two men touched the ground, a rumble came from behind it,
preceded by a swift, mysterious gleam of light on the waters of the bay. “Ha!” said
Ricardo. “It begins.” “It may be nothing in the end,” observed Heyst, stepping
along ...
As the feet of the two men touched the ground, a rumble came from behind it,
preceded by a swift, mysterious gleam of light on the waters of the bay. “Ha!” said
Ricardo. “It begins.” “It may be nothing in the end,” observed Heyst, stepping
along ...
Page 399
At the moment when she bent forward to receive it from him, there was a flash of
fire in her mysterious eyes—a red gleam in the white mist which wrapped the
promptings and longings of her soul. She had done it! The very sting of death
was in ...
At the moment when she bent forward to receive it from him, there was a flash of
fire in her mysterious eyes—a red gleam in the white mist which wrapped the
promptings and longings of her soul. She had done it! The very sting of death
was in ...
Page 403
All the objects in there—the books, the gleam of old silver familiar to him from
boyhood, the very portrait on the wall—seemed shadowy, unsubstantial, the
dumb accomplices of an amazing dream-plot ending in an illusory effect of
awakening ...
All the objects in there—the books, the gleam of old silver familiar to him from
boyhood, the very portrait on the wall—seemed shadowy, unsubstantial, the
dumb accomplices of an amazing dream-plot ending in an illusory effect of
awakening ...
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User Review - DanielSTJ - www.librarything.comConrad managed to develop characters, imperfect, that all drove themselves forward on their own agendas to the story's conclusion- facilitating and enabling it along the way. He manages to keep the ... Read full review
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User Review - Cecrow - www.librarything.comIn the first part we get an outsider's view of Axel Heyst's character, actions and motives without being certain who he is or what actually drives him. I found this off-putting until the second part ... Read full review
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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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