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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Page vii
... " The second point on which I wish to offer a remark is the existence ( in the novel ) of a person named Schom- berg . That I believe him to be true goes without saying . I NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION am not likely to offer vii.
... " The second point on which I wish to offer a remark is the existence ( in the novel ) of a person named Schom- berg . That I believe him to be true goes without saying . I NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION am not likely to offer vii.
Page xii
... believe he went straight on board a mail - boat which left within the hour for other ports of call in the direction of Aspinall . Mr. Jones ' characteristic insolence belongs to another man of a quite different type . I will say nothing ...
... believe he went straight on board a mail - boat which left within the hour for other ports of call in the direction of Aspinall . Mr. Jones ' characteristic insolence belongs to another man of a quite different type . I will say nothing ...
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... believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these com- modities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less port- able form of property . There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration ...
... believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these com- modities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less port- able form of property . There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration ...
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... believe , not voluntary . There was nothing forcible in the process , however . It was slow ; and while the liquidation - in London and Amster- dam - pursued its languid course , Axel Heyst , styled in the prospectus " manager in the ...
... believe , not voluntary . There was nothing forcible in the process , however . It was slow ; and while the liquidation - in London and Amster- dam - pursued its languid course , Axel Heyst , styled in the prospectus " manager in the ...
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... , of course . I believe in children praying - well , women , too , but I rather think God expects men to be more self - reliant . I don't hold with → man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles 14 VICTORY.
... , of course . I believe in children praying - well , women , too , but I rather think God expects men to be more self - reliant . I don't hold with → man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles 14 VICTORY.
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