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 40
He asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as
exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A
smile played about the fat features of Davidson ; the smile of a man making an
amusing ...
He asked himself : Did that speak just now ? Will it speak again ? It was as
exciting , for the mere wonder of it , as trying to converse with a mechanism . A
smile played about the fat features of Davidson ; the smile of a man making an
amusing ...
Page 160
There are no lies between you and me , ” he said , more steadily than he thought
he could speak . “ What's the good now ? He funks women . In that Mexican
pueblo where we lay grounded on our beefbones , so to speak , I used to go to ...
There are no lies between you and me , ” he said , more steadily than he thought
he could speak . “ What's the good now ? He funks women . In that Mexican
pueblo where we lay grounded on our beefbones , so to speak , I used to go to ...
Page 205
It seems impossible that anybody with whom I speak should not know that
Morrison is dead . " She lowered her eyelids , and Heyst was startled by
something like an expression of horror on her face . “ Morrison ! ” she whispered
in an appalled ...
It seems impossible that anybody with whom I speak should not know that
Morrison is dead . " She lowered her eyelids , and Heyst was startled by
something like an expression of horror on her face . “ Morrison ! ” she whispered
in an appalled ...
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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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