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 xi
Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a
phrase heard casually , would recall him to my mind so that I have fastened on to
him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less ...
Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a
phrase heard casually , would recall him to my mind so that I have fastened on to
him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less ...
Page xv
It became manifest to me less than two minutes after I had set eyes on him for the
first time , and though immensely surprised of course I didn't stop to think it out . I
took the nearest short cut - through the wall . This bestial apparition and a ...
It became manifest to me less than two minutes after I had set eyes on him for the
first time , and though immensely surprised of course I didn't stop to think it out . I
took the nearest short cut - through the wall . This bestial apparition and a ...
Page 213
What's the use of talking of all this ! Of course , the people here could not
understand the truth of our relation to each other . But what business of theirs was
it ? Kill old Morrison ! Well , it is less criminal , less base I am not saying it is less
difficult ...
What's the use of talking of all this ! Of course , the people here could not
understand the truth of our relation to each other . But what business of theirs was
it ? Kill old Morrison ! Well , it is less criminal , less base I am not saying it is less
difficult ...
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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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