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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... to 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.
... to 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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Joseph Conrad. he would give me a glance and make the hairs of his stiff little moustache stir quaintly . His eyes were green and to this day every cat I see reminds me of the exact contour of his face . What he was travelling for or ...
Joseph Conrad. he would give me a glance and make the hairs of his stiff little moustache stir quaintly . His eyes were green and to this day every cat I see reminds me of the exact contour of his face . What he was travelling for or ...
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... glance in that direction and thought of making some sort of reassuring sign to her , but she looked so bereft of senses , and almost of life , perched up there , that it seemed not worth while . He disengaged his button with firm ...
... glance in that direction and thought of making some sort of reassuring sign to her , but she looked so bereft of senses , and almost of life , perched up there , that it seemed not worth while . He disengaged his button with firm ...
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... glance of Heyst , who looked away at once towards the girl . She had not moved . Her arms hung down ; her eyelids were lowered . Heyst laid down his half - smoked cigar and com- pressed his lips . Then he got up . It was the same sort ...
... glance of Heyst , who looked away at once towards the girl . She had not moved . Her arms hung down ; her eyelids were lowered . Heyst laid down his half - smoked cigar and com- pressed his lips . Then he got up . It was the same sort ...
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... glance of frank tenderness , quick as lightning , and leaving a profound impression , a secret touch on the heart . It was in the grounds of the hotel , about tiffin time , while the ladies of the orchestra were strolling back to their ...
... glance of frank tenderness , quick as lightning , and leaving a profound impression , a secret touch on the heart . It was in the grounds of the hotel , about tiffin time , while the ladies of the orchestra were strolling back to their ...
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