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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... stopped short, and exclaimed in faltering accents: "I say! You aren't joking, Heyst?" "Joking!" Heyst's blue eyes went hard as he turned them on the discomposed Morrison. "In what way, may I ask?" he continued with austere politeness ...
... stopped short, and exclaimed in faltering accents: "I say! You aren't joking, Heyst?" "Joking!" Heyst's blue eyes went hard as he turned them on the discomposed Morrison. "In what way, may I ask?" he continued with austere politeness ...
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... stopped to consider, or he couldn't have done it. No sane man . . . How is a thing like that to go on? What's he going to do with her in the end? It's madness." "You say that he's mad. Schomberg tells us that he must be starving on his ...
... stopped to consider, or he couldn't have done it. No sane man . . . How is a thing like that to go on? What's he going to do with her in the end? It's madness." "You say that he's mad. Schomberg tells us that he must be starving on his ...
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... stopped at the door , deep in his simplicity . " I am sorry you won't tell me anything about my friend's absence , " he said . " My friend Heyst , you know . I suppose the only course for me now is to make inquiries down at the port . I ...
... stopped at the door , deep in his simplicity . " I am sorry you won't tell me anything about my friend's absence , " he said . " My friend Heyst , you know . I suppose the only course for me now is to make inquiries down at the port . I ...
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