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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... tone , fervour , rapture , what you will , or perhaps by the incongruity of it that he had related the experience to more than one person . " Queer chap , that Swede , " was his only comment ; but this is the origin of the name ...
... tone , fervour , rapture , what you will , or perhaps by the incongruity of it that he had related the experience to more than one person . " Queer chap , that Swede , " was his only comment ; but this is the origin of the name ...
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... tone which had not been heard in it lately , and which seemed to catch her ear pleasantly . " I am grieved to say that I don't know . But can I do any- thing ? What would you wish me to do ? Pray com- mand me . " Again the greatest ...
... tone which had not been heard in it lately , and which seemed to catch her ear pleasantly . " I am grieved to say that I don't know . But can I do any- thing ? What would you wish me to do ? Pray com- mand me . " Again the greatest ...
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... tone , fixing his sepulchral stare on Heyst . " And yet here I am , taken in by the fellow , like the veriest fool . I've been always on the watch for some such beastly influence , but here I am , fairly caught . He shaved himself right ...
... tone , fixing his sepulchral stare on Heyst . " And yet here I am , taken in by the fellow , like the veriest fool . I've been always on the watch for some such beastly influence , but here I am , fairly caught . He shaved himself right ...
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