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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... never laid claim to that distinction. His detachment was too great to make any claims, big or small, on one's credulity. I will not say where I met him because I fear to give my readers a wrong impression, since a marked incongruity ...
... never laid claim to that distinction. His detachment was too great to make any claims, big or small, on one's credulity. I will not say where I met him because I fear to give my readers a wrong impression, since a marked incongruity ...
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... never saw him again because I 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 ...
... never saw him again because I 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 ...
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... never confided to me. Truth to say, the only passenger on board that schooner who could have talked openly about his activities and purposes was a very snuffy and conversationally delightful friar, the superior of a convent, attended by ...
... never confided to me. Truth to say, the only passenger on board that schooner who could have talked openly about his activities and purposes was a very snuffy and conversationally delightful friar, the superior of a convent, attended by ...
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... never did that . Afraid of mosquitoes , very likely . Neither was he ever tempted by the silence to address any casual remarks to the companion glow of the volcano . He was not mad . Queer chap - yes , that may have been said , and in ...
... never did that . Afraid of mosquitoes , very likely . Neither was he ever tempted by the silence to address any casual remarks to the companion glow of the volcano . He was not mad . Queer chap - yes , that may have been said , and in ...
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... single eyeglass with an air of intense gratification . He was tall and lantern - jawed , and clean - shaven , and looked like a barrister who had thrown his wig to the dogs . We used to remonstrate with him: "You will never see.
... single eyeglass with an air of intense gratification . He was tall and lantern - jawed , and clean - shaven , and looked like a barrister who had thrown his wig to the dogs . We used to remonstrate with him: "You will never see.
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