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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... natural obscurity of our fate that even the best representative of the race is liable to lose his detachment . It is very obvious that on the arrival of the gentlemanly Mr. Jones , the single - minded Ricardo and the faithful Pedro ...
... natural obscurity of our fate that even the best representative of the race is liable to lose his detachment . It is very obvious that on the arrival of the gentlemanly Mr. Jones , the single - minded Ricardo and the faithful Pedro ...
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... natural that those three buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world - so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence . They were there , they had to come out ; and this is a sufficient ...
... natural that those three buried in a corner of my memory should suddenly get out into the light of the world - so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence . They were there , they had to come out ; and this is a sufficient ...
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... natural- Later in the day , the fine paid , and the two of them on board the brig , from which the guard had been re- moved , Morrison - who , besides being a gentleman , was also an honest fellow - began to talk about repayment . He ...
... natural- Later in the day , the fine paid , and the two of them on board the brig , from which the guard had been re- moved , Morrison - who , besides being a gentleman , was also an honest fellow - began to talk about repayment . He ...
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... paw at the side of his mouth : " We are among ourselves ; well , gentlemen , all I can say is , don't you ever get mixed up with that Swede . Don't you ever get caught in hi web " III HUMAN nature being what it is , having a 20 VICTORY.
... paw at the side of his mouth : " We are among ourselves ; well , gentlemen , all I can say is , don't you ever get mixed up with that Swede . Don't you ever get caught in hi web " III HUMAN nature being what it is , having a 20 VICTORY.
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Joseph Conrad. III HUMAN nature being what it is , having a silly side to it as well as a mean side , there were not a few who pretended to be indignant on no better authority than a general propensity to believe every evil report ; and ...
Joseph Conrad. III HUMAN nature being what it is , having a silly side to it as well as a mean side , there were not a few who pretended to be indignant on no better authority than a general propensity to believe every evil report ; and ...
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