VictoryVictory Joseph Conrad - Victory (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915. Through a business misadventure, the European Axel Heyst ends up living on an island in what is now Indonesia, with a Chinese assistant, Wang. Heyst visits a nearby island when a female band is playing at a hotel owned by Mr. Schomberg. Schomberg attempts to force himself sexually on one of the band members, Alma, later called Lena. She flees with Heyst back to his island and they become lovers. Schomberg seeks revenge by attempting to frame Heyst for the murder of a man who had died of natural causes. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page
... believe him to be true goes without saying. I am not likely to offer pinchbeck wares to my public consciously. Schomberg is an old member of my company. A very subordinate personage in Lord Jim as far back as the year 1899, he became ...
... believe him to be true goes without saying. I am not likely to offer pinchbeck wares to my public consciously. Schomberg is an old member of my company. A very subordinate personage in Lord Jim as far back as the year 1899, he became ...
Page
... believe he went straight on board a mail-boat which left within the hour for other ports of call in the direction of Aspinall. Mr. Jones's characteristic insolence belongs to another man of a quite different type. I will say nothing as ...
... believe he went straight on board a mail-boat which left within the hour for other ports of call in the direction of Aspinall. Mr. Jones's characteristic insolence belongs to another man of a quite different type. I will say nothing as ...
Page
... believe that those people left the town next day. Or perhaps they had only migrated to the other big cafe, on the other side of the Place de la Comedie. It is very possible. I did not go across to find out. It was my perfect.
... believe that those people left the town next day. Or perhaps they had only migrated to the other big cafe, on the other side of the Place de la Comedie. It is very possible. I did not go across to find out. It was my perfect.
Page
... believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these commodities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property . There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration in ...
... believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these commodities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property . There is , from that point of view , a deplorable lack of concentration in ...
Page
... evaporated in the course of two years , the company went into liquidation - forced , I believe , not voluntary . There was nothing forcible in the process , however . It was slow ; and while the liquidation - in London.
... evaporated in the course of two years , the company went into liquidation - forced , I believe , not voluntary . There was nothing forcible in the process , however . It was slow ; and while the liquidation - in London.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ain't Alfuro arms asked believe boat breath brig bungalow chair CHAPTER cheroot Chinaman clairvoyance Colombia course crowbar dark Davidson door doorway dunnage eyes face faint feeling fellow felt frightened gaze gentleman gharry girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand hanging head hear heard Heyst hotel-keeper immobility island Java Sea jetty Jones knew Lena light lips looked Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured mysterious never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps physiognomy quiet revolver Ricardo round Samburan sarong sauceboat Schomberg schooner seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound Sourabaya speak stare stood strange suddenly surprised Swede talk tell Tesmans There's thing thought told tone Tropical Belt Coal turned understand veranda voice walked Wang watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words Zangiacomo