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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It just touched Manila , and he had been seen there . It just touched Saigon , and
he was likewise seen there once . Perhaps these were his attempts to break out .
If so , they were failures . The enchantment must have been an unbreakable ...
It just touched Manila , and he had been seen there . It just touched Saigon , and
he was likewise seen there once . Perhaps these were his attempts to break out .
If so , they were failures . The enchantment must have been an unbreakable ...
Page 168
That's not much of a sailing direction . I've heard of a port being missed before on
better information . Can't you say what sort of landfall a fellow may expect ? But I
suppose you have never seen that island yourself . " Schomberg admitted that ...
That's not much of a sailing direction . I've heard of a port being missed before on
better information . Can't you say what sort of landfall a fellow may expect ? But I
suppose you have never seen that island yourself . " Schomberg admitted that ...
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For , trapped as he was , he might just as well kill , since , anyhow , to be seen
was to be unmasked . But he was too fair - minded to be angry with the girl .
Heyst had paused on the verandah , or in the very doorway . “ I shall be shot
down like ...
For , trapped as he was , he might just as well kill , since , anyhow , to be seen
was to be unmasked . But he was too fair - minded to be angry with the girl .
Heyst had paused on the verandah , or in the very doorway . “ I shall be shot
down like ...
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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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