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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... face . What he was travelling for or what was his business in life he never confided to me . Truth to say the only passenger on board that schooner who could have talked openly about his activities and purposes was a very snuffy and ...
... face . What he was travelling for or what was his business in life he never confided to me . Truth to say the only passenger on board that schooner who could have talked openly about his activities and purposes was a very snuffy and ...
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... face and all the hair off the top of his head , and his red - gold pair of horizontal mous- taches had grown to really noble proportions , a certain disreputable white man fastened upon him an epithet . Putting down with a shaking hand ...
... face and all the hair off the top of his head , and his red - gold pair of horizontal mous- taches had grown to really noble proportions , a certain disreputable white man fastened upon him an epithet . Putting down with a shaking hand ...
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... face of this passion Heyst made , with his eye- brows , a slight motion of surprise which would not have been misplaced in a drawing - room . Morrison's despairing reserve had broken down . He had been wandering with a dry throat all ...
... face of this passion Heyst made , with his eye- brows , a slight motion of surprise which would not have been misplaced in a drawing - room . Morrison's despairing reserve had broken down . He had been wandering with a dry throat all ...
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... face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened - which was strange , because gener- ally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become ...
... face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened - which was strange , because gener- ally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become ...
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... face on what Schomberg called “ the piazza . " Several doors opened on to it , but all the screens were down . Not a soul was in sight , not even a China boy - nothing but a lot of painted iron chairs and tables . Solitude , shade , and ...
... face on what Schomberg called “ the piazza . " Several doors opened on to it , but all the screens were down . Not a soul was in sight , not even a China boy - nothing but a lot of painted iron chairs and tables . Solitude , shade , and ...
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