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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... answer : " He's a terror ; but I must say that up to a certain point he will play fair . I wonder what the point was . I never saw him again because I believe he went straight on board a mail - boat which left within the hour for other ...
... answer : " He's a terror ; but I must say that up to a certain point he will play fair . I wonder what the point was . I never saw him again because I believe he went straight on board a mail - boat which left within the hour for other ...
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... answer , and there came a pause , Morrison perhaps interrogating his conscience , and Heyst preserving a mien of unper- turbed , polite interest . " I prayed like a child , of course . I believe in children praying - well , women , too ...
... answer , and there came a pause , Morrison perhaps interrogating his conscience , and Heyst preserving a mien of unper- turbed , polite interest . " I prayed like a child , of course . I believe in children praying - well , women , too ...
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... answer to prayer , he did not betray his heavenly origin by outward signs . So , in- stead of going on his knees , as he felt inclined to do , Morrison stretched out his hand , which Heyst grasped with formal alacrity and a polite ...
... answer to prayer , he did not betray his heavenly origin by outward signs . So , in- stead of going on his knees , as he felt inclined to do , Morrison stretched out his hand , which Heyst grasped with formal alacrity and a polite ...
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... answer to my prayer . But I have been nearly off my chump for three days with worry ; and it sud- denly struck me : ' What if it's the Devil who has sent him ? " " " I have no connection with the supernatural , " said Heyst graciously ...
... answer to my prayer . But I have been nearly off my chump for three days with worry ; and it sud- denly struck me : ' What if it's the Devil who has sent him ? " " " I have no connection with the supernatural , " said Heyst graciously ...
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Joseph Conrad. money in his pocket by a direct decree of the Almighty in answer to Morrison's prayer then there was no reason for special gratitude , since obviously he could not help himself . But Morrison believed both in the efficacy ...
Joseph Conrad. money in his pocket by a direct decree of the Almighty in answer to Morrison's prayer then there was no reason for special gratitude , since obviously he could not help himself . But Morrison believed both in the efficacy ...
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