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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... passed from hand to hand. We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the shareholders. On it Samburan was represented as the central spot of the Eastern Hemisphere with its name engraved in enormous ...
... passed from hand to hand. We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the shareholders. On it Samburan was represented as the central spot of the Eastern Hemisphere with its name engraved in enormous ...
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... passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on. At first, it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether abandoned. This was what he expected. Presently, above the dense mass of vegetation that Samburan ...
... passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on. At first, it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether abandoned. This was what he expected. Presently, above the dense mass of vegetation that Samburan ...
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... passing to the south of Samburan, he made it his practice to take the passage along the north shore, within about a mile of the wharf. "He can see us if he likes to see us," remarked Davidson. Then he had an afterthought: "I say! I hope ...
... passing to the south of Samburan, he made it his practice to take the passage along the north shore, within about a mile of the wharf. "He can see us if he likes to see us," remarked Davidson. Then he had an afterthought: "I say! I hope ...
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... passing by—a very remote and unsatisfactory chance to wait for. Yes, he came out with Davidson, to whom he volunteered the statement that it was only for a short time—a few days, no more. He meant to go back to Samburan. Davidson ...
... passing by—a very remote and unsatisfactory chance to wait for. Yes, he came out with Davidson, to whom he volunteered the statement that it was only for a short time—a few days, no more. He meant to go back to Samburan. Davidson ...
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... passed that way lately. "Oh, yes. I always do—about half a mile off." "Seen anybody about?" "No, not a soul. Not a shadow." "Did you blow your whistle?" "Blow the whistle? You think I would do such a thing?" He rejected the mere ...
... passed that way lately. "Oh, yes. I always do—about half a mile off." "Seen anybody about?" "No, not a soul. Not a shadow." "Did you blow your whistle?" "Blow the whistle? You think I would do such a thing?" He rejected the mere ...
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