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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... waited for him in a world which he persisted in look- ing upon as a malevolent shadow spinning in the sunlight . Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would re- call him ...
... waited for him in a world which he persisted in look- ing upon as a malevolent shadow spinning in the sunlight . Often in the course of years an expressed sentiment , the particular sense of a phrase heard casually , would re- call him ...
Page 158
... waited complacently till Ricardo had finished swearing quite openly at him for a confounded chatterer , and then went on : " A fellow doesn't go to a counting - house in business hours for a chat about the weather , two days running ...
... waited complacently till Ricardo had finished swearing quite openly at him for a confounded chatterer , and then went on : " A fellow doesn't go to a counting - house in business hours for a chat about the weather , two days running ...
Page 184
... waited for some time , very still , the top of his shaven poll exactly level with the floor of the back verandah . His face meanwhile preserved an inscrutable immobility . Suddenly he stooped to pick up the lid of a deal candle - box ...
... waited for some time , very still , the top of his shaven poll exactly level with the floor of the back verandah . His face meanwhile preserved an inscrutable immobility . Suddenly he stooped to pick up the lid of a deal candle - box ...
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