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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... passed from hand to hand . We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edifi- cation of the shareholders . On it Samburan was rep- resented as the central spot of the Eastern Hemisphere with its name engraved in enormous ...
... passed from hand to hand . We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edifi- cation of the shareholders . On it Samburan was rep- resented as the central spot of the Eastern Hemisphere with its name engraved in enormous ...
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... passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether aban- doned . This was what he expected . Presently , above the dense mass of vegetation that ...
... passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether aban- doned . This was what he expected . Presently , above the dense mass of vegetation that ...
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... passing to the south of Samburan , he made it his practice to take the passage along the north shore , within about a mile of the wharf . " He can see us if he likes to see us , " remarked David- son . Then he had an after - thought ...
... passing to the south of Samburan , he made it his practice to take the passage along the north shore , within about a mile of the wharf . " He can see us if he likes to see us , " remarked David- son . Then he had an after - thought ...
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... - son who had given him a lift out of his forsaken island . There were no other opportunities , unless some native craft were passing by - a very remote and unsatisfactory chance to wait for . Yes , he came out VICTORY 31.
... - son who had given him a lift out of his forsaken island . There were no other opportunities , unless some native craft were passing by - a very remote and unsatisfactory chance to wait for . Yes , he came out VICTORY 31.
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... passed that way lately . " Oh , yes . I always do - about half a mile off . " " Seen anybody about ? " ' No , not a soul . Not a shadow . " " Did you blow your whistle ? ” " Blow the whistle ? You think I would do such a thing ? " He ...
... passed that way lately . " Oh , yes . I always do - about half a mile off . " " Seen anybody about ? " ' No , not a soul . Not a shadow . " " Did you blow your whistle ? ” " Blow the whistle ? You think I would do such a thing ? " He ...
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