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 44
... woman , she whispered , just loud enough for me to hear : " I helped them . I got her things together , tied them up in my own shawl , and threw them into the compound out of a back window . I did it . ' " That woman that you would say ...
... woman , she whispered , just loud enough for me to hear : " I helped them . I got her things together , tied them up in my own shawl , and threw them into the compound out of a back window . I did it . ' " That woman that you would say ...
Page 308
... woman's innate mistrust of masculinity , of that seduc- tive strength allied to an absurd , delicate shrinking from the recognition of the naked necessity of facts , which never yet frightened a woman worthy of the name . She had no ...
... woman's innate mistrust of masculinity , of that seduc- tive strength allied to an absurd , delicate shrinking from the recognition of the naked necessity of facts , which never yet frightened a woman worthy of the name . She had no ...
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... woman had intervened ! A woman , a girl , who apparently possessed the power to awaken men's disgusting folly . Her power had been proved in two instances already - the beastly innkeeper , and that man with moustaches , upon whom Mr ...
... woman had intervened ! A woman , a girl , who apparently possessed the power to awaken men's disgusting folly . Her power had been proved in two instances already - the beastly innkeeper , and that man with moustaches , upon whom Mr ...
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