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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... turned sixteen, he went to Marseille, France, to begin a career as a seaman. Over the next few years, Conrad mastered the fundamentals of seamanship while voyaging to such farflung destinations as Colombia. He also learnt French and ...
... turned sixteen, he went to Marseille, France, to begin a career as a seaman. Over the next few years, Conrad mastered the fundamentals of seamanship while voyaging to such farflung destinations as Colombia. He also learnt French and ...
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... turned his back on me and walked out of the room. It was in a little hotel in the island of St. Thomas in the West Indies (in the year '75) where we found him one hot afternoon extended on three chairs, all alone in the loud buzzing of ...
... turned his back on me and walked out of the room. It was in a little hotel in the island of St. Thomas in the West Indies (in the year '75) where we found him one hot afternoon extended on three chairs, all alone in the loud buzzing of ...
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... turned to the cuddy in the manner of a devoted servant, but I had the idea that in some way or other he had imposed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own. The reader, therefore, won't be surprised to hear that one ...
... turned to the cuddy in the manner of a devoted servant, but I had the idea that in some way or other he had imposed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own. The reader, therefore, won't be surprised to hear that one ...
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... is difficult to discard completely the characteristics of half a lifetime, and it was in something of the Jackashore spirit that I dropped a fivefranc piece into the sauceboat; whereupon the sleepwalker turned her head to gaze at me.
... is difficult to discard completely the characteristics of half a lifetime, and it was in something of the Jackashore spirit that I dropped a fivefranc piece into the sauceboat; whereupon the sleepwalker turned her head to gaze at me.
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Joseph Conrad. whereupon the sleepwalker turned her head to gaze at me and said “Merci, Monsieur” in a tone in which there was no gratitude but only surprise. I must have been idle indeed to take the trouble to remark on such slight ...
Joseph Conrad. whereupon the sleepwalker turned her head to gaze at me and said “Merci, Monsieur” in a tone in which there was no gratitude but only surprise. I must have been idle indeed to take the trouble to remark on such slight ...
Contents
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CHAPTER FIVE | |
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CHAPTER EIGHT | |
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN | |
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