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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... once the manager of the branch of the Oriental Banking Corporation in Malacca - to whom Heyst ex- claimed , in no connection with anything in particular ( it was in the billiard - room of the club ) : " I am enchanted with these islands ...
... once the manager of the branch of the Oriental Banking Corporation in Malacca - to whom Heyst ex- claimed , in no connection with anything in particular ( it was in the billiard - room of the club ) : " I am enchanted with these islands ...
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... once . Perhaps these were his attempts to break out . If so , they were failures . The enchantment must have been an un- breakable one . The manager - the man who heard the exclamation - had been so impressed by the tone , fervour ...
... once . Perhaps these were his attempts to break out . If so , they were failures . The enchantment must have been an un- breakable one . The manager - the man who heard the exclamation - had been so impressed by the tone , fervour ...
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... once a great transformation act : Morrison raising his diminished head and sticking the glass in his eye to look affectionately at Heyst , a bottle being uncorked , and so on . It was agreed that nothing should be said to any one of ...
... once a great transformation act : Morrison raising his diminished head and sticking the glass in his eye to look affectionately at Heyst , a bottle being uncorked , and so on . It was agreed that nothing should be said to any one of ...
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... once with shallow scorn . " Drinks ! Oh , dear , no ! " The innkeeper was not mercenary . Teutonic tem- perament seldom is . But he put on a sinister expres- sion to tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits altogether to his ...
... once with shallow scorn . " Drinks ! Oh , dear , no ! " The innkeeper was not mercenary . Teutonic tem- perament seldom is . But he put on a sinister expres- sion to tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits altogether to his ...
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... Once they become convinced you deal straight by them , their confidence becomes unlimited . You can do no wrong . So Davidson's old Chinaman squeaked hurriedly : “ All right , all right , all right . You do what you like , captain . 99 ...
... Once they become convinced you deal straight by them , their confidence becomes unlimited . You can do no wrong . So Davidson's old Chinaman squeaked hurriedly : “ All right , all right , all right . You do what you like , captain . 99 ...
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