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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... Sourabaya firm - tip - top house . Well , Mr. Tesman was a kindly , benevolent old gentleman . He did not know what to make of that caller . After telling him that they wished to render his stay among the islands as pleasant as possible ...
... Sourabaya firm - tip - top house . Well , Mr. Tesman was a kindly , benevolent old gentleman . He did not know what to make of that caller . After telling him that they wished to render his stay among the islands as pleasant as possible ...
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... Sourabaya . He dragged after him up and down that section of the tropical belt a silent , frightened little woman with long ringlets , who smiled at one stupidly , showing a blue tooth . I don't know why so many of us patronized his ...
... Sourabaya . He dragged after him up and down that section of the tropical belt a silent , frightened little woman with long ringlets , who smiled at one stupidly , showing a blue tooth . I don't know why so many of us patronized his ...
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... Sourabaya - where else ? " The Tesmans had their principal counting - house in Sourabaya . There had long existed a connection be- tween Heyst and the Tesmans . The incongruity of a hermit having agents did not strike us , nor yet the ...
... Sourabaya - where else ? " The Tesmans had their principal counting - house in Sourabaya . There had long existed a connection be- tween Heyst and the Tesmans . The incongruity of a hermit having agents did not strike us , nor yet the ...
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... Sourabaya , espe- cially , often means fever and the hospital to the incau- tious white man . The prudent Davidson sought shelter in the nearest darkened room . In the artificial dusk , beyond the levels of shrouded billiard - tables ...
... Sourabaya , espe- cially , often means fever and the hospital to the incau- tious white man . The prudent Davidson sought shelter in the nearest darkened room . In the artificial dusk , beyond the levels of shrouded billiard - tables ...
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... " " I never knew him even as that - not till this time , when you were so obliging as to take me to Sourabaya , I went to stay there from economy . The Netherlands House is very expensive , and they expect you to VICTORY 55.
... " " I never knew him even as that - not till this time , when you were so obliging as to take me to Sourabaya , I went to stay there from economy . The Netherlands House is very expensive , and they expect you to VICTORY 55.
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