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 128
Joseph Conrad. wasn't so young as he looked - not by a long chalk . He seemed to touch me inside somewhere . I went away pretty quick from there ; I was wanted forward anyhow . I wasn't frightened . What should I be fright- tened for ? I ...
Joseph Conrad. wasn't so young as he looked - not by a long chalk . He seemed to touch me inside somewhere . I went away pretty quick from there ; I was wanted forward anyhow . I wasn't frightened . What should I be fright- tened for ? I ...
Page 132
... wasn't staring at anything , but his mistake gave me a notion . " I am staring at something that looks like a canoe over there , ' I said very slowly . " The skipper got concerned at once . It wasn't danger from the inhabitants ...
... wasn't staring at anything , but his mistake gave me a notion . " I am staring at something that looks like a canoe over there , ' I said very slowly . " The skipper got concerned at once . It wasn't danger from the inhabitants ...
Page 143
... wasn't at all pleased . " Oh , that's out of the question altogether , ' says the governor . " He was right there . Only four shots left , and ninety miles of wild coast to put behind us before com- ing to the first place where you ...
... wasn't at all pleased . " Oh , that's out of the question altogether , ' says the governor . " He was right there . Only four shots left , and ninety miles of wild coast to put behind us before com- ing to the first place where you ...
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