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 120
... listened dismally to the movements in the house . The Chinamen were unlocking and flinging wide the doors of the public rooms which opened on the verandah . Horrors ! Another poisoned day to get through somehow ! The recollec- tion of ...
... listened dismally to the movements in the house . The Chinamen were unlocking and flinging wide the doors of the public rooms which opened on the verandah . Horrors ! Another poisoned day to get through somehow ! The recollec- tion of ...
Page 174
... listened . Then , after a silence , he had asked -for he was really young then : " Is there no guidance ? " His father was in an unexpectedly soft mood on that night , when the moon swam in a cloudless sky over the begrimed shadows of ...
... listened . Then , after a silence , he had asked -for he was really young then : " Is there no guidance ? " His father was in an unexpectedly soft mood on that night , when the moon swam in a cloudless sky over the begrimed shadows of ...
Page 236
... favourable light . " Heyst listened . It was the conventional voice of an educated man , only strangely lifeless . But more strange yet was this concern for appearances , ex pressed , he did not know , whether in jest 236 VICTORY.
... favourable light . " Heyst listened . It was the conventional voice of an educated man , only strangely lifeless . But more strange yet was this concern for appearances , ex pressed , he did not know , whether in jest 236 VICTORY.
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