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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The company is gone , the engineers are gone , the clerks are gone , the coolies
are gone , everything's gone ; but there he sticks . Captain Davidson , coming by
from the westward , saw him with his own eyes . Something white on the wharf ...
The company is gone , the engineers are gone , the clerks are gone , the coolies
are gone , everything's gone ; but there he sticks . Captain Davidson , coming by
from the westward , saw him with his own eyes . Something white on the wharf ...
Page 234
We were too far gone to climb out , ” Ricardo went on . “ I heard you walking
along , though . I thought I shouted ; I tried to . You didn't hear me shout ? ” Heyst
made an almost imperceptible negative sign , which the greedy eyes of Ricardo ...
We were too far gone to climb out , ” Ricardo went on . “ I heard you walking
along , though . I thought I shouted ; I tried to . You didn't hear me shout ? ” Heyst
made an almost imperceptible negative sign , which the greedy eyes of Ricardo ...
Page 322
Wang was gone . He , at any rate , had declared himself , but as I did not know
what he might take it into his head to do , I thought I had better warn these people
that I was no longer responsible for the Chinaman . I did not want Mr. Wang ...
Wang was gone . He , at any rate , had declared himself , but as I did not know
what he might take it into his head to do , I thought I had better warn these people
that I was no longer responsible for the Chinaman . I did not want Mr. Wang ...
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answer appeared arms asked believe better boat bungalow chair Chinaman clear close coming course dark Davidson don't door doubt existence expected expression eyes face fact feeling feet fellow felt gave girl give glance gone governor hand head hear heard Heyst hold island Jones keep knew leave Lena less light lips live looked manner matter mean mind Morrison moved movement murmured nature never night observed once passed Pedro perhaps raised reason remained Ricardo round Schomberg seemed seen shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak stand steps stopped strange suddenly suppose surprised talk tell There's thing thought told tone took trouble turned understand verandah voice waited walked Wang watched whispered woman wonder
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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