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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... movement voice, which was his obvious characteristic, he had said with delicate playfulness: "Come along and quench your thirst with us, Mr. McNab!" Perhaps that was it. A man who could propose, even playfully, to quench old McNab's ...
... movement voice, which was his obvious characteristic, he had said with delicate playfulness: "Come along and quench your thirst with us, Mr. McNab!" Perhaps that was it. A man who could propose, even playfully, to quench old McNab's ...
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... movement, without voice, without sight. "Why, she helped the girl to bolt," said Davidson turning at me his innocent eyes, rounded by the state of constant amazement in which this affair had left him, like those shocks of terror or ...
... movement, without voice, without sight. "Why, she helped the girl to bolt," said Davidson turning at me his innocent eyes, rounded by the state of constant amazement in which this affair had left him, like those shocks of terror or ...
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... movements of the bare arms, in the low dresses, the coarse faces, the stony eyes of the executants, there was a suggestion of brutality—something cruel, sensual and repulsive. "This is awful!" Heyst murmured to himself. But there is an ...
... movements of the bare arms, in the low dresses, the coarse faces, the stony eyes of the executants, there was a suggestion of brutality—something cruel, sensual and repulsive. "This is awful!" Heyst murmured to himself. But there is an ...
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... movements; for indeed he was not the only man on his legs there. He had been confronting the girl for some time ... movement. It was only when Heyst addressed her in his courteous tone that she raised her eyes. "Excuse me," he said ...
... movements; for indeed he was not the only man on his legs there. He had been confronting the girl for some time ... movement. It was only when Heyst addressed her in his courteous tone that she raised her eyes. "Excuse me," he said ...
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