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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... remarked here and there that Heyst had faded completely away. He had become invisible, as in those early days when he used to make a bolt clear out of sight in his attempts to break away from the enchantment of "these isles," either in ...
... remarked here and there that Heyst had faded completely away. He had become invisible, as in those early days when he used to make a bolt clear out of sight in his attempts to break away from the enchantment of "these isles," either in ...
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... remarked Davidson. Then he had an afterthought: "I say! I hope he won't think I am intruding, eh?" We reassured him on the point of correct behaviour. The sea is open to all. This slight deviation added some ten miles to Davidson's ...
... remarked Davidson. Then he had an afterthought: "I say! I hope he won't think I am intruding, eh?" We reassured him on the point of correct behaviour. The sea is open to all. This slight deviation added some ten miles to Davidson's ...
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... remarked once to Davidson, on the passage. "It was in England. A very good school. I was not a shining success there." The confessions of Heyst. Not one of us—with the probable exception of Morrison, who was dead—had ever heard so much ...
... remarked once to Davidson, on the passage. "It was in England. A very good school. I was not a shining success there." The confessions of Heyst. Not one of us—with the probable exception of Morrison, who was dead—had ever heard so much ...
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... poster, a door somewhere at his back opened, and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife, no doubt with truth. As somebody remarked cynically once, she was too unattractive to be anything else. The opinion that he treated.
... poster, a door somewhere at his back opened, and a woman came in who was looked upon as Schomberg's wife, no doubt with truth. As somebody remarked cynically once, she was too unattractive to be anything else. The opinion that he treated.
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... remarked that he was sorry for her. He was easily sorry for people. "Where did they go to from here?" he asked. "She did not go with them. She ran away." This was the pronouncement Davidson obtained next. It introduced a new sort of ...
... remarked that he was sorry for her. He was easily sorry for people. "Where did they go to from here?" he asked. "She did not go with them. She ran away." This was the pronouncement Davidson obtained next. It introduced a new sort of ...
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