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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Page xi
... fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect , less pathetic moods . The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much AUTHOR'S NOTE xi.
... fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect , less pathetic moods . The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis to Mr. Jones , who is built on a much AUTHOR'S NOTE xi.
Page xiv
... observation of him was less complete but incomparably more anxious . It ended in a sudden in- spiration to get out of his way . It was in a hovel of sticks and mats by the side of a path . As I went in there only to ask for a bottle of ...
... observation of him was less complete but incomparably more anxious . It ended in a sudden in- spiration to get out of his way . It was in a hovel of sticks and mats by the side of a path . As I went in there only to ask for a bottle of ...
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... Observe the Teutonic sense of proportion and nice forgiving temper . At last , one afternoon , Schomberg was seen approach- ing a group of his customers . He was obviously in high glee . He squared his manly chest with great importance ...
... Observe the Teutonic sense of proportion and nice forgiving temper . At last , one afternoon , Schomberg was seen approach- ing a group of his customers . He was obviously in high glee . He squared his manly chest with great importance ...
Page 32
... observation . In what regions ? At what early age ? Mystery . Perhaps he was a bird that had never had a nest . " I left school early , ” he remarked once to Davidson , on the passage . " It was in England . A very good school . I was ...
... observation . In what regions ? At what early age ? Mystery . Perhaps he was a bird that had never had a nest . " I left school early , ” he remarked once to Davidson , on the passage . " It was in England . A very good school . I was ...
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... observation of facts was the best way of cheating the time which is allotted to us whether we want it or not ; but now I have done with observation , too . " Imagine poor , simple Davidson being addressed in such terms alongside an ...
... observation of facts was the best way of cheating the time which is allotted to us whether we want it or not ; but now I have done with observation , too . " Imagine poor , simple Davidson being addressed in such terms alongside an ...
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