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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... shoulders in a moist gunnybag. That was only his exaggerated style of talking. Morrison was “one of us.” He was owner and master of the Capricorn, trading brig, and was understood to be doing well with her, except for the drawback of ...
... shoulders in a moist gunnybag. That was only his exaggerated style of talking. Morrison was “one of us.” He was owner and master of the Capricorn, trading brig, and was understood to be doing well with her, except for the drawback of ...
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... shoulder, his head down, with the hopeless aspect of those hardened tramps one sees on our roads trudging from workhouse to workhouse. Being hailed on the street he looked up with a wild worried expression. He was really in trouble. He ...
... shoulder, his head down, with the hopeless aspect of those hardened tramps one sees on our roads trudging from workhouse to workhouse. Being hailed on the street he looked up with a wild worried expression. He was really in trouble. He ...
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... shoulder for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back. When he found it, he stuck it in his eye hastily. It was as ... shoulders—and didn't want to miss a single detail of the transformation. But if Heyst was an angel from on high ...
... shoulder for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back. When he found it, he stuck it in his eye hastily. It was as ... shoulders—and didn't want to miss a single detail of the transformation. But if Heyst was an angel from on high ...
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... shoulders provided with bare arms, which sawed away without respite. Zangiacomo conducted. He wore a white messjacket, a black dress waistcoat, and white trousers. His longish, tousled hair and his great beard were purpleblack. He was ...
... shoulders provided with bare arms, which sawed away without respite. Zangiacomo conducted. He wore a white messjacket, a black dress waistcoat, and white trousers. His longish, tousled hair and his great beard were purpleblack. He was ...
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... girl. It was evident in the outline of the shoulders, in the slender white bust springing up, barred slantwise by the crimson sash, from the bellshaped spread of muslin skirt hiding the chair on which she sat averted a little from the body.
... girl. It was evident in the outline of the shoulders, in the slender white bust springing up, barred slantwise by the crimson sash, from the bellshaped spread of muslin skirt hiding the chair on which she sat averted a little from the body.
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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