Victory: An Island TaleVictory (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad, through which Conrad achieved "popular success." The New York Times, however, called it "an uneven book" and "more open to criticism than most of Mr. Conrad's best work." The novel's "most striking formal characteristic is its shifting narrative and temporal perspective" with the first section from the viewpoint of a sailor, the second from omniscient perspective of Axel Heyst, the third from an interior perspective from Heyst, and the final section. It has been adapted into film a number of times. |
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... don't intend to make any damaging admissions. It so happened that the very same year Ricardo—the physical Ricardo—was a fellow passenger of mine on board an extremely small and extremely dirty little schooner, during a four days ...
... don't intend to make any damaging admissions. It so happened that the very same year Ricardo—the physical Ricardo—was a fellow passenger of mine on board an extremely small and extremely dirty little schooner, during a four days ...
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... don't your?" Morrison had pulled himself together, but one felt the snapping strain on his recovered self-possession. Heyst was beginning to say that he "could very well see all the bearings of this unfortunate—"when Morrison ...
... don't your?" Morrison had pulled himself together, but one felt the snapping strain on his recovered self-possession. Heyst was beginning to say that he "could very well see all the bearings of this unfortunate—"when Morrison ...
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... don't happen— unheard of things. He had no real inkling of what it meant, till Heyst said definitely: "I can lend you the amount." "You have the money?" whispered Morrison. "Do you mean here, in your pocket?" "Yes, on me. Glad to be of ...
... don't happen— unheard of things. He had no real inkling of what it meant, till Heyst said definitely: "I can lend you the amount." "You have the money?" whispered Morrison. "Do you mean here, in your pocket?" "Yes, on me. Glad to be of ...
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... don't know how it is that I've never been able to save. It's some sort of curse. There's always a bill or two to meet." He plunged his hand into his pocket for the famous notebook so well known in the islands, the fetish of his hopes ...
... don't know how it is that I've never been able to save. It's some sort of curse. There's always a bill or two to meet." He plunged his hand into his pocket for the famous notebook so well known in the islands, the fetish of his hopes ...
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... don't know why so many of us patronized his various establishments. He was a noxious ass, and he satisfied his lust ... don't you ever get mixed up with that Swede. Don't you ever get caught in his web." Chapter 3 Human nature being what ...
... don't know why so many of us patronized his various establishments. He was a noxious ass, and he satisfied his lust ... don't you ever get mixed up with that Swede. Don't you ever get caught in his web." Chapter 3 Human nature being what ...
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