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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 73
Page xv
... speak of Lena , because if I were to leave her out it would look like a slight ; and nothing would be further from my thoughts than putting a slight on Lena . If of all the personages involved in the " mystery of Samburan " I have lived ...
... speak of Lena , because if I were to leave her out it would look like a slight ; and nothing would be further from my thoughts than putting a slight on Lena . If of all the personages involved in the " mystery of Samburan " I have lived ...
Page xvi
... speak , insomuch that in the intervals when all the performers left the platform one of them went amongst the marble tables collecting offerings of sous and francs in a battered tin receptacle recalling the shape of a sauceboat . It was ...
... speak , insomuch that in the intervals when all the performers left the platform one of them went amongst the marble tables collecting offerings of sous and francs in a battered tin receptacle recalling the shape of a sauceboat . It was ...
Page 4
... speaking now of things show- ing some sort of animation - was an indolent volcano which smoked faintly all day with its head just above the northern horizon , and at night levelled at him , from amongst the clear stars , a dull red glow ...
... speaking now of things show- ing some sort of animation - was an indolent volcano which smoked faintly all day with its head just above the northern horizon , and at night levelled at him , from amongst the clear stars , a dull red glow ...
Page 7
Joseph Conrad. spells than your commonplace magicians ever dreamed of . Roughly speaking , a circle with a radius of eight hundred miles drawn round a point in North Borneo was in Heyst's case a magic circle . It just touched Manila ...
Joseph Conrad. spells than your commonplace magicians ever dreamed of . Roughly speaking , a circle with a radius of eight hundred miles drawn round a point in North Borneo was in Heyst's case a magic circle . It just touched Manila ...
Page 24
... long time before he materialized in this alarming way into the destroyer of our little industry - Heyst the Enemy . It became the fashion with a good many to speak of Heyst as the Enemy . He was very concrete , 24 VICTORY.
... long time before he materialized in this alarming way into the destroyer of our little industry - Heyst the Enemy . It became the fashion with a good many to speak of Heyst as the Enemy . He was very concrete , 24 VICTORY.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ain't Alfuro arms asked believe boat breath brig bungalow chair cheroot chimæras Chinaman clairvoyance course dark Davidson door doorway eyes face faint feeling fellow felt frightened gaze gentleman gharry girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand hanging head heard Heyst hotel-keeper island Java Sea jetty Jones knew Lena light lips looked Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured mysterious never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps physiognomy quiet Ricardo round Samburan sarong sauceboat Schom Schomberg schooner seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound Sourabaya speak staring stood strange suddenly surprised Swede table d'hôte talk tell Tesmans There's thing thought tion told tone Tropical Belt Coal trouble turned understand verandah voice walked Wang watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words Zangiacomo