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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... trouble . Axel Heyst ought not to have cared for his letters or whatever it was that brought him out after something more than a year and a half in Samburan . But it was of no use . He had not the hermit's vocation ! That was the trouble ...
... trouble . Axel Heyst ought not to have cared for his letters or whatever it was that brought him out after something more than a year and a half in Samburan . But it was of no use . He had not the hermit's vocation ! That was the trouble ...
Page 113
... trouble for the sake of a few guilders that you and that other " -eyeing Ricardo suspiciously , as one would look at a strange animal " gentleman can win of an evening ? " Tisn't as if my customers were a lot of rich men with pockets ...
... trouble for the sake of a few guilders that you and that other " -eyeing Ricardo suspiciously , as one would look at a strange animal " gentleman can win of an evening ? " Tisn't as if my customers were a lot of rich men with pockets ...
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... trouble , with no one to turn to . And you know it was desperate trouble too . " Her voice fell on the last words , as if she would end there ; but there was something so expectant in Heyst's attitude as he sat at her feet , looking up ...
... trouble , with no one to turn to . And you know it was desperate trouble too . " Her voice fell on the last words , as if she would end there ; but there was something so expectant in Heyst's attitude as he sat at her feet , looking up ...
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