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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... murmured conversation with the friar . and after that did nothing but groan feebly , smoke ciga rettes and now and then call for Martin in a voice full of pain . Then he who has become Ricardo in the book would go below into that ...
... murmured conversation with the friar . and after that did nothing but groan feebly , smoke ciga rettes and now and then call for Martin in a voice full of pain . Then he who has become Ricardo in the book would go below into that ...
Page 48
... murmured thoughtfully . “ Oh , but they had a scrap ! " the other said . “ What do you mean ? Was there a fight ! —a fight with Heyst ? " asked Davidson , much perturbed , if some- what incredulous . " Heyst ? No , these two - the ...
... murmured thoughtfully . “ Oh , but they had a scrap ! " the other said . “ What do you mean ? Was there a fight ! —a fight with Heyst ? " asked Davidson , much perturbed , if some- what incredulous . " Heyst ? No , these two - the ...
Page 68
... murmured to himself . But there is an unholy fascination in systematic noise . He did not flee from it incontinently , as one might have expected him to do . He remained , as- tonished at himself for remaining , since nothing could have ...
... murmured to himself . But there is an unholy fascination in systematic noise . He did not flee from it incontinently , as one might have expected him to do . He remained , as- tonished at himself for remaining , since nothing could have ...
Page 72
... murmuring noise of conversations carried on with some spirit filled Schomberg's concert - room . Nobody remarked Heyst's movements ; for indeed he was not the only man on his legs there . He had been confronting the girl for some time ...
... murmuring noise of conversations carried on with some spirit filled Schomberg's concert - room . Nobody remarked Heyst's movements ; for indeed he was not the only man on his legs there . He had been confronting the girl for some time ...
Page 73
... murmured , rather disconcerted now at what he had done . And It was a great comfort to hear her say : " It wouldn't have been the first time . she did — what are you going to do about it ? ” suppose " I don't know , " he said with a ...
... murmured , rather disconcerted now at what he had done . And It was a great comfort to hear her say : " It wouldn't have been the first time . she did — what are you going to do about it ? ” suppose " I don't know , " he said with a ...
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