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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... suppose those two considerations , the practical and the mystical , prevented Heyst - Axel Heyst - from going away . The Tropical Belt Coal Company went into liquida- tion . The world of finance is a mysterious world in which ...
... suppose those two considerations , the practical and the mystical , prevented Heyst - Axel Heyst - from going away . The Tropical Belt Coal Company went into liquida- tion . The world of finance is a mysterious world in which ...
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... suppose seeing a thoroughly white man made it impossible to keep my trouble to myself . Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen . This morning on board , in my cabin I went down ...
... suppose seeing a thoroughly white man made it impossible to keep my trouble to myself . Words can't do it justice ; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more . Listen . This morning on board , in my cabin I went down ...
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... suppose . ' enough surmise in a very feverish locality . A natural The Lieutenant of the Reserve only pursed up his mouth and raised his eyebrows without looking at him . It might have meant anything , but Davidson dismissed the ...
... suppose . ' enough surmise in a very feverish locality . A natural The Lieutenant of the Reserve only pursed up his mouth and raised his eyebrows without looking at him . It might have meant anything , but Davidson dismissed the ...
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... suppose these women are not much better than slaves really . Was that fellow with the dyed beard decent in his way ? " The mechanism remained silent . The sympathetic soul of Davidson drew its own conclusions . " Beastly life for these ...
... suppose these women are not much better than slaves really . Was that fellow with the dyed beard decent in his way ? " The mechanism remained silent . The sympathetic soul of Davidson drew its own conclusions . " Beastly life for these ...
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... small bundle , ” remarked Davidson further . " I imagine the girl must have been specially at- tractive , " I said . " I don't know . She was miserable . I don't suppose it was more than a little linen and a couple 44 VICTORY.
... small bundle , ” remarked Davidson further . " I imagine the girl must have been specially at- tractive , " I said . " I don't know . She was miserable . I don't suppose it was more than a little linen and a couple 44 VICTORY.
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