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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... leaving a trace. I wondered where he had gone to— but now I know. He vanished from my ken only to drift into this adventure that, unavoidable, waited for him in a world which he persisted in looking upon as a malevolent shadow spinning ...
... leaving a trace. I wondered where he had gone to— but now I know. He vanished from my ken only to drift into this adventure that, unavoidable, waited for him in a world which he persisted in looking upon as a malevolent shadow spinning ...
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... leaving with me an indelibly weird impression of his thin shanks. One of the men with me said that the fellow was the most desperate gambler he had ever come across. I said: “A professional sharper?” and got for an answer: “He's a ...
... leaving with me an indelibly weird impression of his thin shanks. One of the men with me said that the fellow was the most desperate gambler he had ever come across. I said: “A professional sharper?” and got for an answer: “He's a ...
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... leave her out it would look like a slight; and nothing would be further from my thoughts than putting a slight on Lena. If of all the personages involved in the “mystery of Samburan” I have lived longest with Heyst (or with him I call ...
... leave her out it would look like a slight; and nothing would be further from my thoughts than putting a slight on Lena. If of all the personages involved in the “mystery of Samburan” I have lived longest with Heyst (or with him I call ...
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... begged that Heyst should be informed that the Sissie would leave at midnight. “Not—here, I am telling you!” Davidson slapped his thigh in concern. “Dear me! Hospital, I suppose.” A natural enough surmise in CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER FIVE.
... begged that Heyst should be informed that the Sissie would leave at midnight. “Not—here, I am telling you!” Davidson slapped his thigh in concern. “Dear me! Hospital, I suppose.” A natural enough surmise in CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER FIVE.
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... leave their victim afflicted by nervous trembling. It looked as though he would never get over it. “Mrs. Schomberg jerked Heyst's note, twisted like a pipelight, into my lap while I sat there unsuspecting,” Davidson went on. “Directly I ...
... leave their victim afflicted by nervous trembling. It looked as though he would never get over it. “Mrs. Schomberg jerked Heyst's note, twisted like a pipelight, into my lap while I sat there unsuspecting,” Davidson went on. “Directly I ...
Contents
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CHAPTER FIVE | |
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CHAPTER EIGHT | |
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CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN | |
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