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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... Ricardo - the physical Ricardo - was a fellow passenger of mine on board an extremely small and extremely dirty little schooner , during a four days ' passage between two places in the Gulf of Mexico whose names don't matter . For the ...
... Ricardo - the physical Ricardo - was a fellow passenger of mine on board an extremely small and extremely dirty little schooner , during a four days ' passage between two places in the Gulf of Mexico whose names don't matter . For the ...
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... Ricardo assured me , very ill indeed . Ricardo seemed to be either a servant or the confidant of that aged and distinguished - looking invalid , who early on the passage held a long murmured conversation with the friar . and after that ...
... Ricardo assured me , very ill indeed . Ricardo seemed to be either a servant or the confidant of that aged and distinguished - looking invalid , who early on the passage held a long murmured conversation with the friar . and after that ...
Page 103
... 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 supineness . " Martin Ricardo , secretary . You don't want any ...
... 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 supineness . " Martin Ricardo , secretary . You don't want any ...
Page 110
... Ricardo , as idle , but more upright , made no sign . " Won't you have a drink with me before retiring ? " went on Schomberg , sitting down by the little table . " By all means , " said Mr. Jones lazily . Ricardo showed his teeth in a ...
... Ricardo , as idle , but more upright , made no sign . " Won't you have a drink with me before retiring ? " went on Schomberg , sitting down by the little table . " By all means , " said Mr. Jones lazily . Ricardo showed his teeth in a ...
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... Ricardo with & sudden snap of the lips , after which his moustaches stirred by themselves in an odd , feline manner . “ Oh , I wasn't thinking of that , " said plain Mr. Jones , while Schomberg , dumb and planted heavily in his chair ...
... Ricardo with & sudden snap of the lips , after which his moustaches stirred by themselves in an odd , feline manner . “ Oh , I wasn't thinking of that , " said plain Mr. Jones , while Schomberg , dumb and planted heavily in his chair ...
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