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 12
... strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a milrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then ...
... strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a milrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then ...
Page 22
... strange country . " In truth , he pined after the Capri- corn - I don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Finally he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipi- tation in ...
... strange country . " In truth , he pined after the Capri- corn - I don't mean only the tropic ; I mean the ship too . Finally he went into Dorsetshire to see his people , caught a bad cold , and died with extraordinary precipi- tation in ...
Page 30
... strange , because gener- ally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become convinced you deal straight by them , their confidence becomes ...
... strange , because gener- ally a Chinaman , as he grows in prosperity , puts on inches of girth and stature . To serve a Chinese firm is not so bad . Once they become convinced you deal straight by them , their confidence becomes ...
Page 42
... strange man to such a spot . Heyst had , no doubt , told her the truth . He was a gentleman . But no words could do justice to the conditions of life on Samburan . A desert island was nothing to it . Moreover , when you were cast away ...
... strange man to such a spot . Heyst had , no doubt , told her the truth . He was a gentleman . But no words could do justice to the conditions of life on Samburan . A desert island was nothing to it . Moreover , when you were cast away ...
Page 49
... strange invasion , and wanted to know who were the two offensive lunatics in a steam - launch , apparently after a man and a girl , and telling a story of which one could make neither head nor tail . Their reception by the roadstead was ...
... strange invasion , and wanted to know who were the two offensive lunatics in a steam - launch , apparently after a man and a girl , and telling a story of which one could make neither head nor tail . Their reception by the roadstead was ...
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