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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A sudden impulse I went flop on my knees ; so you may judge They were gazing
earnestly into each other's eyes . Poor Morrison added , as a discouraging
afterthought : “ Only this is such a God - forsaken spot . " Heyst inquired with a
delicate ...
A sudden impulse I went flop on my knees ; so you may judge They were gazing
earnestly into each other's eyes . Poor Morrison added , as a discouraging
afterthought : “ Only this is such a God - forsaken spot . " Heyst inquired with a
delicate ...
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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 voice . “ Only one ? ” was the faint comment from the
...
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 voice . “ Only one ? ” was the faint comment from the
...
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and dust - warm , living , sentient , his own and exposed helplessly to insult ,
outrage , degradation , and infinite misery of the body . She had averted her face
from him and was still . He suddenly seized her passive hand . " You will have it
so ?
and dust - warm , living , sentient , his own and exposed helplessly to insult ,
outrage , degradation , and infinite misery of the body . She had averted her face
from him and was still . He suddenly seized her passive hand . " You will have it
so ?
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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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