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 113
... once kept a whole angry town at bay for two days , and then we got away with our plunder . It was in Venezuela . Ask Martin here he can tell you . " Instinctively Schomberg looked at Ricardo , who only passed the tip of his tongue over ...
... once kept a whole angry town at bay for two days , and then we got away with our plunder . It was in Venezuela . Ask Martin here he can tell you . " Instinctively Schomberg looked at Ricardo , who only passed the tip of his tongue over ...
Page 290
... once his slanting eyes became immovably fixed upon the unstir- ring curtain . For it was behind it that he had located the strange , deadened scuffling sounds which filled the empty room . The slanting eyes of his race could not achieve ...
... once his slanting eyes became immovably fixed upon the unstir- ring curtain . For it was behind it that he had located the strange , deadened scuffling sounds which filled the empty room . The slanting eyes of his race could not achieve ...
Page 364
... once he's a gentleman , can't you ? " " You people , " Heyst said , his habitual playful in- tonation tinged with gloom , " are divorced from all reality in my eyes . ' 99 Ricardo received this speech as if he had been expect- ing to ...
... once he's a gentleman , can't you ? " " You people , " Heyst said , his habitual playful in- tonation tinged with gloom , " are divorced from all reality in my eyes . ' 99 Ricardo received this speech as if he had been expect- ing to ...
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