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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... reason , I 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 ...
... reason , I 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 ...
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... reason why he was generally liked . At that epoch in his life , in the fulness of his physical development , of a broad , martial presence , with his bald head and long moustaches , he resembled the portraits of Charles XII . , of ...
... reason why he was generally liked . At that epoch in his life , in the fulness of his physical development , of a broad , martial presence , with his bald head and long moustaches , he resembled the portraits of Charles XII . , of ...
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... reason to think that he wanted particularly just then to go poking aboard the brig into all the holes and corners of the Archipelago where Morrison picked up most of his trade. Far from it; but he would have consented to almost any ...
... reason to think that he wanted particularly just then to go poking aboard the brig into all the holes and corners of the Archipelago where Morrison picked up most of his trade. Far from it; but he would have consented to almost any ...
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... reason for special gratitude, since obviously he could not help himself. But Morrison believed both, in the efficacy of prayer and in the infinite goodness of Heyst. He thanked God with awed sincerity for his mercy, and could not thank ...
... reason for special gratitude, since obviously he could not help himself. But Morrison believed both, in the efficacy of prayer and in the infinite goodness of Heyst. He thanked God with awed sincerity for his mercy, and could not thank ...
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... reason or other he did come out from his retreat for a while. Perhaps it was only to see whether there were any letters for him at the Tesmans. I don't know. No one knows. But this reappearance shows that his detachment from the world ...
... reason or other he did come out from his retreat for a while. Perhaps it was only to see whether there were any letters for him at the Tesmans. I don't know. No one knows. But this reappearance shows that his detachment from the world ...
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