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 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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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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