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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... night the same sort of glow and of the same size as that other one so many miles away . In a sense , the volcano was company to him in the shades of the night - which were often too thick , one would think , to let a breath of air ...
... night the same sort of glow and of the same size as that other one so many miles away . In a sense , the volcano was company to him in the shades of the night - which were often too thick , one would think , to let a breath of air ...
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... night - light made it plain enough in the dim , mysterious manner of a dream ; but this was reality . It startled her exceed- ingly . In a moment she was at the curtain that hung in the doorway , and raised it with a steady hand . The ...
... night - light made it plain enough in the dim , mysterious manner of a dream ; but this was reality . It startled her exceed- ingly . In a moment she was at the curtain that hung in the doorway , and raised it with a steady hand . The ...
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... night ? But why can't you let me sleep ? Confound your fussiness ! " " Because that there fellow can't sleep - that's why . Dash me if he hasn't been doing a think just now ! What business has he to think in the middle of the night ...
... night ? But why can't you let me sleep ? Confound your fussiness ! " " Because that there fellow can't sleep - that's why . Dash me if he hasn't been doing a think just now ! What business has he to think in the middle of the night ...
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