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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... suppose those two considerations, the practical and the mystical, prevented Heyst—Axel Heyst—from going away. The Tropical Belt Coal Company went into liquidation. The world of finance is a mysterious world in which, incredible as the ...
... suppose those two considerations, the practical and the mystical, prevented Heyst—Axel Heyst—from going away. The Tropical Belt Coal Company went into liquidation. The world of finance is a mysterious world in which, incredible as the ...
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... suppose seeing a thoroughly white man made it impossible to keep my trouble to myself. Words can't do it justice; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more. Listen. This morning on board, in my cabin I went down on my ...
... suppose seeing a thoroughly white man made it impossible to keep my trouble to myself. Words can't do it justice; but since I've told you so much I may as well tell you more. Listen. This morning on board, in my cabin I went down on my ...
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... in concern. "Dear me! Hospital, I suppose." A natural enough surmise in a very feverish locality. The Lieutenant of the Reserve only pursed up his mouth and raised his eyebrows without looking at him. It might have meant anything,
... in concern. "Dear me! Hospital, I suppose." A natural enough surmise in a very feverish locality. The Lieutenant of the Reserve only pursed up his mouth and raised his eyebrows without looking at him. It might have meant anything,
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... suppose these women are not much better than slaves really. Was that fellow with the dyed beard decent in his way?" The mechanism remained silent. The sympathetic soul of Davidson drew its own conclusions. "Beastly life for these women ...
... suppose these women are not much better than slaves really. Was that fellow with the dyed beard decent in his way?" The mechanism remained silent. The sympathetic soul of Davidson drew its own conclusions. "Beastly life for these women ...
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... suppose it was more than a little linen and a couple of those white frocks they wear on the platform." Davidson pursued his own train of thought. He supposed that such a thing had never been heard of in the history of the tropics. For ...
... suppose it was more than a little linen and a couple of those white frocks they wear on the platform." Davidson pursued his own train of thought. He supposed that such a thing had never been heard of in the history of the tropics. For ...
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