VictoryAxel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. But his life alters when he rescues a young English girl, Lena, from Zangiacomo's Ladies' Orchestra and the evil innkeeper Schomberg, taking her to his island retreat. The affair between Heyst and Lena begins with her release, but the relationship shifts as Lena struggles to save Heyst from the detachment and isolation that have inhibited and influenced his life. Marked by a violent and tragic conclusion, Victory is both a tale of rescue and adventure and a perceptive study of a complex relationship and of the power of love. |
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... Jones , the single - minded Ricardo and the faithful Pedro , Heyst , the man of universal detachment , loses his mental self - possession , that fine attitude before the universally irremediable which wears the name of stoicism . It is ...
... Jones , the single - minded Ricardo and the faithful Pedro , Heyst , the man of universal detachment , loses his mental self - possession , that fine attitude before the universally irremediable which wears the name of stoicism . It is ...
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... have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect , less pathetic moods . The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much AUTHOR'S NOTE xi.
... have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect , less pathetic moods . The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much AUTHOR'S NOTE xi.
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Joseph Conrad. to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much slenderer con nection . Mr. Jones ( or whatever his name was ) did not drift away from me . He turned his back on me and walked out of the room . It was in a little hotel in the Island ...
Joseph Conrad. to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much slenderer con nection . Mr. Jones ( or whatever his name was ) did not drift away from me . He turned his back on me and walked out of the room . It was in a little hotel in the Island ...
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... Jones - put that down -a gentleman at large . And this is Ricardo . " The pock - marked man , lying prostrate in another long chair , made a grimace , as if something had tickled the end of his nose , but did not come out of his ...
... Jones - put that down -a gentleman at large . And this is Ricardo . " The pock - marked man , lying prostrate in another long chair , made a grimace , as if something had tickled the end of his nose , but did not come out of his ...
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... Jones " disconcerted Schomberg utterly . He had never been spoken to like this in his life . He shook his head in silence and withdrew , not exactly scared -- though he was in reality of a timid disposition under his manly exterior ...
... Jones " disconcerted Schomberg utterly . He had never been spoken to like this in his life . He shook his head in silence and withdrew , not exactly scared -- though he was in reality of a timid disposition under his manly exterior ...
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