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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... reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these com- modities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less port- able form of property . There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of ...
... reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these com- modities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less port- able form of property . There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of ...
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... reason why he was generally liked . At that epoch in his life , in the fulness of his physical development , of a broad , martial presence , with his bald head and long moustaches , he resembled the portraits of Charles XII of ...
... reason why he was generally liked . At that epoch in his life , in the fulness of his physical development , of a broad , martial presence , with his bald head and long moustaches , he resembled the portraits of Charles XII of ...
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... a share in his trading ventures up to the amount of his loan . It is characteristic of Heyst's unattached , floating existence that he was in a position to accept this pro- posal . There is no reason to think that he 18 VICTORY.
... a share in his trading ventures up to the amount of his loan . It is characteristic of Heyst's unattached , floating existence that he was in a position to accept this pro- posal . There is no reason to think that he 18 VICTORY.
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Joseph Conrad. posal . There is no reason to think that he wanted particularly just then to go poking aboard the brig into all the holes and corners of the Archipelago where Morrison picked up most of his trade . Far from it ; but he ...
Joseph Conrad. posal . There is no reason to think that he wanted particularly just then to go poking aboard the brig into all the holes and corners of the Archipelago where Morrison picked up most of his trade . Far from it ; but he ...
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... reason for special gratitude , since obviously he could not help himself . But Morrison believed both in the efficacy of prayer and in the infinite goodness of Heyst . He thanked God with awed sincerity for His mercy , and could not ...
... reason for special gratitude , since obviously he could not help himself . But Morrison believed both in the efficacy of prayer and in the infinite goodness of Heyst . He thanked God with awed sincerity for His mercy , and could not ...
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