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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... telling him that they wished to render his stay among the islands as pleasant as possible, and that they were ready to assist him in his plans, and so on, and after receiving Heyst's thanks—you know the usual kind of conversation —he ...
... telling him that they wished to render his stay among the islands as pleasant as possible, and that they were ready to assist him in his plans, and so on, and after receiving Heyst's thanks—you know the usual kind of conversation —he ...
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... telling you all this. I 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 ...
... telling you all this. I 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 ...
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Conrad, Joseph. see? What was I always telling you? Aha! There was nothing in it. I knew it. But what I would like to ... tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits altogether to his "establishment." This was Heyst's crime, for ...
Conrad, Joseph. see? What was I always telling you? Aha! There was nothing in it. I knew it. But what I would like to ... tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits altogether to his "establishment." This was Heyst's crime, for ...
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... telling us all about it afterwards. Heyst said that his father had written a lot of books. He was a philosopher. "Seems to me he must have been something of a crank, too," was Davidson's comment. "Apparently he had quarrelled with his ...
... telling us all about it afterwards. Heyst said that his father had written a lot of books. He was a philosopher. "Seems to me he must have been something of a crank, too," was Davidson's comment. "Apparently he had quarrelled with his ...
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... telling you!" Davidson slapped his thigh 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 ...
... telling you!" Davidson slapped his thigh 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 ...
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