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 73
... hear her say : " It wouldn't have been the first time . And suppose she did what are you going to do about it ? " " I don't know , " he said with a faint , remote playful- ness in his tone which had not been heard in it lately , and ...
... hear her say : " It wouldn't have been the first time . And suppose she did what are you going to do about it ? " " I don't know , " he said with a faint , remote playful- ness in his tone which had not been heard in it lately , and ...
Page 277
... hear that you think so . He's a prancing beast , and so we mustn't startle him - not till I have located the stuff . Afterwards- 99 Ricardo paused , sinister in the stillness of his pose . Suddenly he got up with a swift movement and ...
... hear that you think so . He's a prancing beast , and so we mustn't startle him - not till I have located the stuff . Afterwards- 99 Ricardo paused , sinister in the stillness of his pose . Suddenly he got up with a swift movement and ...
Page 375
... hear me whistle . I am on the track . " He flung these words into the room with inconceiva- ble speed , and stood aside to let the visitor pass through the doorway ; but he had to wait an appreciable mo- ment , because Heyst , seeing ...
... hear me whistle . I am on the track . " He flung these words into the room with inconceiva- ble speed , and stood aside to let the visitor pass through the doorway ; but he had to wait an appreciable mo- ment , because Heyst , seeing ...
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