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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 83
Page
... seemed awfully presumptuous to think there would be eyes to spare for those pages in a community which in the crash of the big guns and in the din of brave words expressing the truth of an indomitable faith could not but feel the edge ...
... seemed awfully presumptuous to think there would be eyes to spare for those pages in a community which in the crash of the big guns and in the din of brave words expressing the truth of an indomitable faith could not but feel the edge ...
Page
... seemed to be either a servant or the confidant of that aged and distinguishedlooking invalid, who early on the passage held a long murmured conversation with the friar, and after that did nothing but groan feebly, smoke cigarettes, and ...
... seemed to be either a servant or the confidant of that aged and distinguishedlooking invalid, who early on the passage held a long murmured conversation with the friar, and after that did nothing but groan feebly, smoke cigarettes, and ...
Page
... seemed rather more respectable than the Zangiacomo musical enterprise. It was less pretentious also, more homely and familiar, so to speak, insomuch that in the intervals when all the performers left the platform one of them went ...
... seemed rather more respectable than the Zangiacomo musical enterprise. It was less pretentious also, more homely and familiar, so to speak, insomuch that in the intervals when all the performers left the platform one of them went ...
Page
... seemed mostly concerned for was the “stride forward,” as he expressed it, in the general organization of the universe, apparently. He was heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a “great stride forward for these ...
... seemed mostly concerned for was the “stride forward,” as he expressed it, in the general organization of the universe, apparently. He was heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a “great stride forward for these ...
Page
... seemed the very last person to be the agent of Providence in an affair concerned with money. The fact of his turning up in Timor or anywhere else was no more wonderful than the settling of a sparrow on one's windowsill at any given ...
... seemed the very last person to be the agent of Providence in an affair concerned with money. The fact of his turning up in Timor or anywhere else was no more wonderful than the settling of a sparrow on one's windowsill at any given ...
Contents
CHAPTER NINE | |
CHAPTER | |
PART FOUR | |
CHAPTER | |
CHAPTER THREE | |
CHAPTER FIVE | |
CHAPTER | |
CHAPTER EIGHT | |
CHAPTER THREE | |
CHAPTER FIVE | |
CHAPTER | |
CHAPTER SEVEN | |
CHAPTER EIGHT | |
PART THREE | |
CHAPTER NINE | |
CHAPTER | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
CHAPTER TWELVE | |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ain’t Alfuro arms asked beard believe boat brig bungalow can’t chair Chinaman Colombia course dark Davidson door doorway dunnage eyes face faint feeling fellow felt frightened gaze gentleman gharry girl glance gone governor hand hanging haven’t He’s head heard Heyst hotelkeeper I’ve immobility island isn’t Jones Jones’s knew legs Lena lips listening looked man’s manner Martin mean mind Morrison moustaches moved murmured mysterious never night once one’s orchestra paused Pedro perhaps physiognomy quiet Ricardo round Samburan Schomberg schooner seemed shoulders sight silence silly smile sort sound Sourabaya speak stare strange suddenly surprised Swede table d’hote talk tell Tesmans There’s thing thought told tone Tropical Belt Coal trouble turned understand veranda voice Wang wasn’t watched wharf What’s the matter whispered woman won’t wonder words wouldn’t Zangiacomo