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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... whispered Morrison. "Do you mean here, in your pocket?" "Yes, on me. Glad to be of use." Morrison, staring open-mouthed, groped over his shoulder for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back. When he found it, he stuck it in his ...
... whispered Morrison. "Do you mean here, in your pocket?" "Yes, on me. Glad to be of use." Morrison, staring open-mouthed, groped over his shoulder for the cord of the eyeglass hanging down his back. When he found it, he stuck it in his ...
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... whispered mysteriously to the mixed company assembled on the veranda: "The spider and the fly just gone by, gentlemen." Then, very important and confidential, his thick paw at the side of his mouth: "We are among ourselves; well ...
... whispered mysteriously to the mixed company assembled on the veranda: "The spider and the fly just gone by, gentlemen." Then, very important and confidential, his thick paw at the side of his mouth: "We are among ourselves; well ...
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... whispered gossip: "That's what comes of having anything to do with that fellow. He squeezes you dry like a lemon, then chucks you out—sends you home to die. Take warning by Morrison!" Of course, we laughed at the innkeeper's suggestions ...
... whispered gossip: "That's what comes of having anything to do with that fellow. He squeezes you dry like a lemon, then chucks you out—sends you home to die. Take warning by Morrison!" Of course, we laughed at the innkeeper's suggestions ...
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... whispered at last: "That friend of yours." "Oh, you know I am here looking for a friend," said Davidson hopefully. "Won't you tell me—" "I've told you" "Eh?" A mist seemed to roll away from before Davidson's eyes, disclosing something ...
... whispered at last: "That friend of yours." "Oh, you know I am here looking for a friend," said Davidson hopefully. "Won't you tell me—" "I've told you" "Eh?" A mist seemed to roll away from before Davidson's eyes, disclosing something ...
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... whispered, just loud enough for me to hear: "I helped them. I got her things together, tied them up in my own shawl, and threw them into the compound out of a back window. I did it." "That woman that you would say hadn't the pluck to ...
... whispered, just loud enough for me to hear: "I helped them. I got her things together, tied them up in my own shawl, and threw them into the compound out of a back window. I did it." "That woman that you would say hadn't the pluck to ...
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