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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... suddenly on a working day the musician at his piano would go on with his performance of Beethoven's sonata and the cobbler at his stall stick to his last in undisturbed confidence in the virtues of the leather. And with perfect ...
... suddenly on a working day the musician at his piano would go on with his performance of Beethoven's sonata and the cobbler at his stall stick to his last in undisturbed confidence in the virtues of the leather. And with perfect ...
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... sudden inspiration to get out of his way. It was in a hovel of sticks and mats by the side of a path. As I went in ... suddenly get out into the light of the world—so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence, They were there ...
... sudden inspiration to get out of his way. It was in a hovel of sticks and mats by the side of a path. As I went in ... suddenly get out into the light of the world—so natural that I offer no excuse for their existence, They were there ...
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... suddenly, a propos des bottes, as the French say, and while chalking his cue. And perhaps it was some sort of enchantment. There are more spells than your commonplace magicians ever dreamed of. Roughly speaking, a circle with a radius ...
... suddenly, a propos des bottes, as the French say, and while chalking his cue. And perhaps it was some sort of enchantment. There are more spells than your commonplace magicians ever dreamed of. Roughly speaking, a circle with a radius ...
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... throat all over that miserable town of mud hovels, silent, with no soul to turn to in his distress, and positively maddened by his thoughts; and suddenly he had stumbled on a white man, figuratively and actually white—for Morrison.
... throat all over that miserable town of mud hovels, silent, with no soul to turn to in his distress, and positively maddened by his thoughts; and suddenly he had stumbled on a white man, figuratively and actually white—for Morrison.
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... sudden impulse—I went flop on my knees; so you may judge—" They were gazing earnestly into each other's eyes. Poor Morrison added, as a discouraging afterthought: "Only this is such a God-forsaken spot." Heyst inquired with.
... sudden impulse—I went flop on my knees; so you may judge—" They were gazing earnestly into each other's eyes. Poor Morrison added, as a discouraging afterthought: "Only this is such a God-forsaken spot." Heyst inquired with.
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