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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... paused , with the one goggle eye immovably gazing down the whole length of the room and through the door open- ing on to the " piazza . " It paused , then went on in the same low pitch : " There was even one English girl . " " Poor ...
... paused , with the one goggle eye immovably gazing down the whole length of the room and through the door open- ing on to the " piazza . " It paused , then went on in the same low pitch : " There was even one English girl . " " Poor ...
Page 223
... paused . 99 " Nothing can break in on us here , " he went on and as if there had been an appeal or a provocation in her upward glance , he bent down and took her under the arms , raising her straight out of the chair into a sudden and ...
... paused . 99 " Nothing can break in on us here , " he went on and as if there had been an appeal or a provocation in her upward glance , he bent down and took her under the arms , raising her straight out of the chair into a sudden and ...
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... paused , sinister in the stillness of his pose . Suddenly he got up with a swift movement and gazed down at his chief in moody abstraction . Mr. Jones did not stir . " There's one thing that's worrying me , " began Ricardo in a subdued ...
... paused , sinister in the stillness of his pose . Suddenly he got up with a swift movement and gazed down at his chief in moody abstraction . Mr. Jones did not stir . " There's one thing that's worrying me , " began Ricardo in a subdued ...
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