VictorySet in the islands of the Malay Archipelago, Victory tells the story of a disillusioned Swede, Axel Heyst, who rescues Lena, a young English musician, from the clutches of a brutish German hotel owner. Seeking refuge at Heyst's remote island retreat on Samburan, the couple is soon besieged by three villains dispatched by the enraged hotelier. The arrival on the island paradise of this trio of fiends sets off a terrifying series of events that ultimately ends in catastrophe. |
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... gunwales of the launch , he displayed a pair of remarkably long arms , terminating in thick , brown hairy paws of simian aspect . " What shall we do with that fellow of mine ? " the chief of the party asked Schomberg . " There must be a ...
... gunwales of the launch , he displayed a pair of remarkably long arms , terminating in thick , brown hairy paws of simian aspect . " What shall we do with that fellow of mine ? " the chief of the party asked Schomberg . " There must be a ...
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... gunwale to gunwale , half off the after thwart , his head lower than his feet . This second man glared wildly up- ward , and struggled to raise himself , but to all appearance was much too drunk to succeed . The visible part of the boat ...
... gunwale to gunwale , half off the after thwart , his head lower than his feet . This second man glared wildly up- ward , and struggled to raise himself , but to all appearance was much too drunk to succeed . The visible part of the boat ...
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... gunwale of the boat and partly splashing alongside , became at once audi- ble . It was greeted by a cry of inarticulate and savage joy . Heyst knelt on the string - piece and peered down . The man who had spoken was already holding his ...
... gunwale of the boat and partly splashing alongside , became at once audi- ble . It was greeted by a cry of inarticulate and savage joy . Heyst knelt on the string - piece and peered down . The man who had spoken was already holding his ...
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... gunwales . Ricardo did not explain to Heyst how it happened . At that precise moment he had no explanation ready for the man on the wharf , who , he guessed , must be wondering much more at the presence of his visitors than at thei ...
... gunwales . Ricardo did not explain to Heyst how it happened . At that precise moment he had no explanation ready for the man on the wharf , who , he guessed , must be wondering much more at the presence of his visitors than at thei ...
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... gunwale . Its loud , fitful , and persistent splashing revealed the depth of the world's silence . " Great notion , to lead the water out here , " pronounced Ricardo appreciatively . Water was life . He felt now as if he could run a ...
... gunwale . Its loud , fitful , and persistent splashing revealed the depth of the world's silence . " Great notion , to lead the water out here , " pronounced Ricardo appreciatively . Water was life . He felt now as if he could run a ...
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ain't Alfuro arms asked believe boat breath brig bungalow buran chair cheroot chimæras Chinaman clairvoyance course dark Davidson door doorway dunnage 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 stare stood strange suddenly surprised Swede table d'hôte talk tell Tesmans There's thing thought tion told tone Tropical Belt Coal turned verandah voice walked Wang watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words Zangiacomo
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Page 381 - Ah, Davidson, woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life!
Page 186 - Funny position, wasn't it? The boredom came later, when we lived together on board his ship. I had, in a moment of inadvertence, created for myself a tie. How to define it precisely I don't know. One gets attached in a way to people one has done something for. But is that friendship? I am not sure what it was. I only know that he who forms a tie is lost. The germ of corruption has entered into his soul.
Page 378 - ... into the sanctuary of his innermost heart — for ever ! The flush of rapture flooding her whole being broke out in a smile of innocent, girlish happiness ; and with that divine radiance on her lips she breathed her last, triumphant, seeking for his glance in the shades of death.
Page 158 - Both these white men looked on native life as a mere play of shadows. A play of shadows the dominant race could walk through unaffected and disregarded in the pursuit of its incomprehensible aims and needs.
Page 204 - Of the stratagems of life the most cruel is the consolation of love — the most subtle, too; for the desire is the bed of dreams.
Page 101 - Latin races; and though his eyes strayed about irresolutely, yet his swollen, angry features awakened in the miserable woman over whom he had been tyrannising for years a fear for his precious carcass, since the poor creature had nothing else but that to hold on to in the world. She knew him well; but she did not know him altogether. The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. And, timid in her corner, she ventured to...
Page 188 - Excellent fellow," Heyst responded, with a readiness that she did not expect. "But it was a weakness on my part. I really didn't want to, only he wouldn't let me off, and I couldn't...