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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... walked out of the room . It was in a little hotel in the Island of St. Thomas in the West Indies ( in the year '75 ) where we found him one hot afternoon extended on three chairs , all alone in the loud buzzing of flies to which his ...
... walked out of the room . It was in a little hotel in the Island of St. Thomas in the West Indies ( in the year '75 ) where we found him one hot afternoon extended on three chairs , all alone in the loud buzzing of flies to which his ...
Page 110
... walked about slowly , in and out of the room and the verandah , thoughtful , waiting for his two guests to go to bed . Then suddenly he approached them , militarily , his chest thrown out , his voice curt and soldierly . " Hot night ...
... walked about slowly , in and out of the room and the verandah , thoughtful , waiting for his two guests to go to bed . Then suddenly he approached them , militarily , his chest thrown out , his voice curt and soldierly . " Hot night ...
Page 183
... walked back slowly towards the jetty ; but he did not get so far as that . The practical and automatic Wang had got hold of one of the little trucks that had been used for running baskets of coal alongside ships . He appeared pushing it ...
... walked back slowly towards the jetty ; but he did not get so far as that . The practical and automatic Wang had got hold of one of the little trucks that had been used for running baskets of coal alongside ships . He appeared pushing it ...
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