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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... me or even at me ( he would not even look up but kept his eyes fixed on the deck ) but more as if communing in a low voice with his familiar devil . Now and then he would give me a glance and make the hairs xii AUTHOR'S NOTE.
... me or even at me ( he would not even look up but kept his eyes fixed on the deck ) but more as if communing in a low voice with his familiar devil . Now and then he would give me a glance and make the hairs xii AUTHOR'S NOTE.
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... eye- brows , a slight motion of surprise which would not have been misplaced in a drawing - room . Morrison's ... eyes bloodshot , his voice nearly gone , the brim of his round pith hat shading an unshaven , livid face . His white ...
... eye- brows , a slight motion of surprise which would not have been misplaced in a drawing - room . Morrison's ... eyes bloodshot , his voice nearly gone , the brim of his round pith hat shading an unshaven , livid face . His white ...
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... eyes . Poor Morrison added , as a discouraging afterthought : " Only this is such a God - forsaken spot . ” Heyst inquired with a delicate intonation whether · he might know the amount for which the brig was seized . Morrison suppressed ...
... eyes . Poor Morrison added , as a discouraging afterthought : " Only this is such a God - forsaken spot . ” Heyst inquired with a delicate intonation whether · he might know the amount for which the brig was seized . Morrison suppressed ...
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... eyes . Something white on the wharf ; so he steamed in and went ashore in a small boat . Heyst , right enough . Put a book into his pocket , always very polite . Been strolling on the wharf and reading . ' I remain in possession here ...
... eyes . Something white on the wharf ; so he steamed in and went ashore in a small boat . Heyst , right enough . Put a book into his pocket , always very polite . Been strolling on the wharf and reading . ' I remain in possession here ...
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... eyes , his thick lips , his very chestnut beard , looking full of malice . 66 ' Evening , gentlemen . Have you got all you want ? So ! Good ! Well , I am told the jungle has choked the very sheds in Black Diamond Bav . Fact . He's a ...
... eyes , his thick lips , his very chestnut beard , looking full of malice . 66 ' Evening , gentlemen . Have you got all you want ? So ! Good ! Well , I am told the jungle has choked the very sheds in Black Diamond Bav . Fact . He's a ...
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