Victory - An Island TaleThis vintage book contains Joseph Conrad's 1915 psychological novel, "Victory: An Island Tale". It is the story of Axel Heyst who, after a series of unfortunate events, finds himself living on an Indonesian island with his Chinese assistant, Wang. After Heyst rescues a woman from an attempted sexual assault on a nearby island, the would-be perpetrator tries to frame him for a murder. Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) was a Polish author who is considered to be one of the greatest authors in the English language. He first gained popular success through the writing of this novel. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author. |
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... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds. It is the reason, I believe, why some people allude to coal as “black diamonds.” Both these commodities represent wealth; but coal is a much less portable form of property. There is ...
... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds. It is the reason, I believe, why some people allude to coal as “black diamonds.” Both these commodities represent wealth; but coal is a much less portable form of property. There is ...
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... close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company—A. Heyst, manager in the East. Davidson, a good, simple fellow in his way, was strangely affected. It is to be noted that he knew very little of Heyst. He was one ...
... close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company—A. Heyst, manager in the East. Davidson, a good, simple fellow in his way, was strangely affected. It is to be noted that he knew very little of Heyst. He was one ...
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... close to Davidson's. “My cashbox! My—he—look here, Captain Davidson! He ran off with a girl. What do I care for the girl? The girl is nothing to me.” He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start. That's what the girl was; and ...
... close to Davidson's. “My cashbox! My—he—look here, Captain Davidson! He ran off with a girl. What do I care for the girl? The girl is nothing to me.” He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start. That's what the girl was; and ...
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... close inshore, stopped his engines, and lowered a boat. He went himself in that boat, which was manned, of course, by his Malay seamen. Heyst, when he saw the boat pulling towards him, dropped his signallingpole; and when Davidson ...
... close inshore, stopped his engines, and lowered a boat. He went himself in that boat, which was manned, of course, by his Malay seamen. Heyst, when he saw the boat pulling towards him, dropped his signallingpole; and when Davidson ...
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... close to his little table was painful to him. He was preparing to rise and go out when he noticed that two white muslin dresses and crimson sashes had not yet left the platform. One of these dresses concealed the rawboned frame of the ...
... close to his little table was painful to him. He was preparing to rise and go out when he noticed that two white muslin dresses and crimson sashes had not yet left the platform. One of these dresses concealed the rawboned frame of the ...
Contents
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CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
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