VictoryAxel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. But his life alters when he rescues a young English girl, Lena, from Zangiacomo's Ladies' Orchestra and the evil innkeeper Schomberg, taking her to his island retreat. The affair between Heyst and Lena begins with her release, but the relationship shifts as Lena struggles to save Heyst from the detachment and isolation that have inhibited and influenced his life. Marked by a violent and tragic conclusion, Victory is both a tale of rescue and adventure and a perceptive study of a complex relationship and of the power of love. |
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Page 46
... suppose the only course for me now is to make inquiries down at the port . I shall hear something there , I don't doubt . " " Make inquiries of the devil ! " replied Schomberg in a hoarse mutter . Davidson's purpose in addressing the ...
... suppose the only course for me now is to make inquiries down at the port . I shall hear something there , I don't doubt . " " Make inquiries of the devil ! " replied Schomberg in a hoarse mutter . Davidson's purpose in addressing the ...
Page 52
... a bamboo pole , and was waving it at the end of the old wharf . " Davidson didn't like to take his steamer alongside- for fear of being indiscreet , I suppose ; but he steered close inshore , stopped his engines , and lowered a 52.
... a bamboo pole , and was waving it at the end of the old wharf . " Davidson didn't like to take his steamer alongside- for fear of being indiscreet , I suppose ; but he steered close inshore , stopped his engines , and lowered a 52.
Page 54
... suppose I have done a certain amount of harm , since I allowed myself to be tempted into action . It seemed innocent enough , but all action is bound to be harmful . It is devilish . That is why this world is evil upon the whole . But I ...
... suppose I have done a certain amount of harm , since I allowed myself to be tempted into action . It seemed innocent enough , but all action is bound to be harmful . It is devilish . That is why this world is evil upon the whole . But I ...
Page 62
... suppose , " he wheezed placidly , " I am bound to see her some day . " He meant to take the Samburan channel every trip as before , of course . " Yes , " I said . " No doubt you will . Some day Heyst will be signalling to you again ...
... suppose , " he wheezed placidly , " I am bound to see her some day . " He meant to take the Samburan channel every trip as before , of course . " Yes , " I said . " No doubt you will . Some day Heyst will be signalling to you again ...
Page 73
... suppose " I don't know , " he said with a faint , remote playful- ness in his tone which had not been heard in it lately , and which seemed to catch her ear pleasantly . " I am grieved to say that I don't know . But can I do any- thing ...
... suppose " I don't know , " he said with a faint , remote playful- ness in his tone which had not been heard in it lately , and which seemed to catch her ear pleasantly . " I am grieved to say that I don't know . But can I do any- thing ...
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