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 xiv
The reader therefore won't be surprised to hear that one morning I was told
without any particular emotion by the padrone of the schooner that the " Rich man
” down there was dead : He had died in the night . I don't remember ever being so
...
The reader therefore won't be surprised to hear that one morning I was told
without any particular emotion by the padrone of the schooner that the " Rich man
” down there was dead : He had died in the night . I don't remember ever being so
...
Page 130
You have to be told . So I am telling you , and I dare say you only half believe it .
But you can't say to yourself that I am drunk , stare at me as you may . I haven't
had anything stronger than a glass of iced water all day . Takes a real gentleman
to ...
You have to be told . So I am telling you , and I dare say you only half believe it .
But you can't say to yourself that I am drunk , stare at me as you may . I haven't
had anything stronger than a glass of iced water all day . Takes a real gentleman
to ...
Page 323
All he had told me , I said , was that he didn't like . ' “ They looked extremely
disturbed at this . Didn't like what , they wanted to know . “ “ The looks of you and
your party , ' I told Jones . “ Nonsense ! ' he cried out ; and immediately Ricardo ,
the ...
All he had told me , I said , was that he didn't like . ' “ They looked extremely
disturbed at this . Didn't like what , they wanted to know . “ “ The looks of you and
your party , ' I told Jones . “ Nonsense ! ' he cried out ; and immediately Ricardo ,
the ...
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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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