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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... hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and exploit them locally . And , Lord knows , there were any amount of outcrops . It was Heyst who had located most of them in this part of the tropical belt during his rather aimless ...
... hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and exploit them locally . And , Lord knows , there were any amount of outcrops . It was Heyst who had located most of them in this part of the tropical belt during his rather aimless ...
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... hold with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles. It seems such cheek. Anyhow, this morning I—I have never done any harm to any God's creature knowingly—I prayed. A sudden impulse—I went flop on my.
... hold with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles. It seems such cheek. Anyhow, this morning I—I have never done any harm to any God's creature knowingly—I prayed. A sudden impulse—I went flop on my.
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... hold on Morrison, had fastened himself on him and was sucking him dry. Those who had traced these mutters back to their origin were very careful not to believe them. The originator, it seems, was a certain Schomberg, a big, manly ...
... hold on Morrison, had fastened himself on him and was sucking him dry. Those who had traced these mutters back to their origin were very careful not to believe them. The originator, it seems, was a certain Schomberg, a big, manly ...
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... hold of one that will do for all of us," commented a bitter voice. "That's what they call development—and be hanged to it!" muttered another. Never was Heyst talked about so much in the tropical belt before. "Isn't he a Swedish baron or ...
... hold of one that will do for all of us," commented a bitter voice. "That's what they call development—and be hanged to it!" muttered another. Never was Heyst talked about so much in the tropical belt before. "Isn't he a Swedish baron or ...
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... hold.' "'But all this is as dead as Julius Caesar,' I cried. 'In fact, you have nothing worth holding on to, Heyst.' "'Oh, I am done with facts,' says he, putting his hand to his helmet sharply with one of his short bows." Thus ...
... hold.' "'But all this is as dead as Julius Caesar,' I cried. 'In fact, you have nothing worth holding on to, Heyst.' "'Oh, I am done with facts,' says he, putting his hand to his helmet sharply with one of his short bows." Thus ...
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