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 133
... strange in seeing drift - logs off a coast like that ; and I'm hanged if the skipper didn't make one out in the wake of the moon . Strange what a little thing a man's life hangs on sometimes a single word ! Here you are , sitting ...
... strange in seeing drift - logs off a coast like that ; and I'm hanged if the skipper didn't make one out in the wake of the moon . Strange what a little thing a man's life hangs on sometimes a single word ! Here you are , sitting ...
Page 383
... Strange ! " he mused aloud , the caverns of his eyes turned upon Heyst . Then briskly : " But my object is to keep you in this room , Don't provoke me , by some unguarded movement , to smash your knee or do something definite of that ...
... Strange ! " he mused aloud , the caverns of his eyes turned upon Heyst . Then briskly : " But my object is to keep you in this room , Don't provoke me , by some unguarded movement , to smash your knee or do something definite of that ...
Page 398
... strange feline gaiety , expressed by the undulating movement of his shoulders and the sparkling snap of his oblique eyes . " You are still thinking about the chance of that swag . You'll make a good partner , that you will ! And , I say ...
... strange feline gaiety , expressed by the undulating movement of his shoulders and the sparkling snap of his oblique eyes . " You are still thinking about the chance of that swag . You'll make a good partner , that you will ! And , I say ...
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