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. |
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... heard casually, would recall him to my mind so that I have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect, less pathetic moods. The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis to Mr ...
... heard casually, would recall him to my mind so that I have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect, less pathetic moods. The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis to Mr ...
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... heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a " great stride forward for these regions . " The convinced wave of the hand which accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward . In connection ...
... heard by more than a hundred persons in the islands talking of a " great stride forward for these regions . " The convinced wave of the hand which accompanied the phrase suggested tropical distances being impelled onward . In connection ...
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... heard the exclamation—had been so impressed by the tone, fervour, rapture, what you will, or perhaps by the incongruity of it that he had related the experience to more than one person. "Queer chap, that Swede," was his only comment ...
... heard the exclamation—had been so impressed by the tone, fervour, rapture, what you will, or perhaps by the incongruity of it that he had related the experience to more than one person. "Queer chap, that Swede," was his only comment ...
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... heard him say which might have had a bearing on the point was his invitation to old McNab himself . Turning with that finished courtesy of attitude , movement voice , which was his obvious characteristic , he had said with delicate ...
... heard him say which might have had a bearing on the point was his invitation to old McNab himself . Turning with that finished courtesy of attitude , movement voice , which was his obvious characteristic , he had said with delicate ...
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... Nobody has sent me. I just happened along." "I know better," contradicted Morrison. "I may be unworthy, but I have been heard. I know it. I feel it. For why should you offer—" Heyst inclined his head, as from respect for a conviction.
... Nobody has sent me. I just happened along." "I know better," contradicted Morrison. "I may be unworthy, but I have been heard. I know it. I feel it. For why should you offer—" Heyst inclined his head, as from respect for a conviction.
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