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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... thought which had occurred to me before the doors of the Temple of Janus flying open with a crash shook the minds , the hearts , the consciences of men all over the world . Such coincidence could not be treated lightly . And I made up ...
... thought which had occurred to me before the doors of the Temple of Janus flying open with a crash shook the minds , the hearts , the consciences of men all over the world . Such coincidence could not be treated lightly . And I made up ...
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... thought so , but the villagers had no doubt whatever about it . Whenever a coast village sighted the brig it would begin to beat all its gongs and hoist all its streamers , and all its girls would put flowers in their hair and the crowd ...
... thought so , but the villagers had no doubt whatever about it . Whenever a coast village sighted the brig it would begin to beat all its gongs and hoist all its streamers , and all its girls would put flowers in their hair and the crowd ...
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... thought the awestruck Morrison . To him , as to all of us in the islands , this wandering Heyst , who didn't toil or spin visibly , seemed the very last person to be the agent of Providence in an affair concerned with money . The fact ...
... thought the awestruck Morrison . To him , as to all of us in the islands , this wandering Heyst , who didn't toil or spin visibly , seemed the very last person to be the agent of Providence in an affair concerned with money . The fact ...
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... thought for certain he wanted to be taken off , sc I steamed in . He made no signs . However , I lowered a boat . I could not see another living being anywhere . Yes . He had a book in his hand . He looked exactly as we have always seen ...
... thought for certain he wanted to be taken off , sc I steamed in . He made no signs . However , I lowered a boat . I could not see another living being anywhere . Yes . He had a book in his hand . He looked exactly as we have always seen ...
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... thought : " I say ! I hope he won't think I am intruding , eh ? ” We reassured him on the point of correct behaviour . The sea is open to all . This slight deviation added some ten miles to David- son's round trip , but as that was ...
... thought : " I say ! I hope he won't think I am intruding , eh ? ” We reassured him on the point of correct behaviour . The sea is open to all . This slight deviation added some ten miles to David- son's round trip , but as that was ...
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