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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... sudden impulse- I went flop on my knees ; so you may judge ' وو They were gazing earnestly into each other's eyes . Poor ... suddenly risen and hit him on the nose , he could not have been taken more aback than when this stranger , this ...
... sudden impulse- I went flop on my knees ; so you may judge ' وو They were gazing earnestly into each other's eyes . Poor ... suddenly risen and hit him on the nose , he could not have been taken more aback than when this stranger , this ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... suddenly seized her passive hand . " You will have it so ? " he said . " Yes ? Well , let us then hope for mercy ... Suddenly she stopped . " I don't care . I would do more yet ! And some day you'll forgive me . You'll have to forgive me ...
... suddenly seized her passive hand . " You will have it so ? " he said . " Yes ? Well , let us then hope for mercy ... Suddenly she stopped . " I don't care . I would do more yet ! And some day you'll forgive me . You'll have to forgive me ...
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