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 87
... he tried to explain to her that as things stood , an open withdrawal from the ...
company would be probably opposed . She listened to his explanation anxiously
, from time to time pressing the hand she had sought and got hold of in the dark .
... he tried to explain to her that as things stood , an open withdrawal from the ...
company would be probably opposed . She listened to his explanation anxiously
, from time to time pressing the hand she had sought and got hold of in the dark .
Page 202
He was extremely easy to live with ; but then he got hold of this coal idea - or ,
rather , the idea got hold of him . It entered into that scantily furnished chamber of
which I have just spoken , and sat on all the chairs . There was no dislodging it ...
He was extremely easy to live with ; but then he got hold of this coal idea - or ,
rather , the idea got hold of him . It entered into that scantily furnished chamber of
which I have just spoken , and sat on all the chairs . There was no dislodging it ...
Page 339
Weren't you always worrying about some means of getting hold of a good lot of
cash ? It wasn't to be got hold of by allowing yourself to become bored in that
rotten Dutch town and playing a ćwopenny game with confounded beggarly bank
...
Weren't you always worrying about some means of getting hold of a good lot of
cash ? It wasn't to be got hold of by allowing yourself to become bored in that
rotten Dutch town and playing a ćwopenny game with confounded beggarly bank
...
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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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