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"The world is a bad dog. It will bite you if you give it a chance," maintains Axel Heyst, a Swedish drifter in the Pacific islands. Heyst's attempt to remain aloof from the rest of humanity is challenged by his compassion for Lena, a destitute orchestra girl. Defying Lena's abusive boss, the two flee to an isolated paradise. But the vengeful employer sets a trio of miscreants on the lovers' trail, leading Heyst's growing moral courage to a deadly reckoning.
First published in 1915, Victory is Conrad's last great novel. Its central question, whether a man of moral sensitivity can function in a corrupt and derelict world, is treated with the author's fundamental pessimism and with faith in the possibility of redemption. The tale abounds in elements characteristic of the great storyteller's later work: an exotic setting, richly and powerfully evoked; muscular prose; complex characterization; and a compelling examination of the human capacity for good and evil.
First published in 1915, Victory is Conrad's last great novel. Its central question, whether a man of moral sensitivity can function in a corrupt and derelict world, is treated with the author's fundamental pessimism and with faith in the possibility of redemption. The tale abounds in elements characteristic of the great storyteller's later work: an exotic setting, richly and powerfully evoked; muscular prose; complex characterization; and a compelling examination of the human capacity for good and evil.
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literary fiction; british literature; 19th-century fiction; conrad novel; joseph conrad; an island tale; exotic settings; vengeful employer; swedish drifter; pacific islands; destitute orchestra girl; paradise; moral sensitivity; pessimism; faith; redemption; complex characters; human capacity for good and evil; love; romance; beauty; dramatic; complex; heartfelt,Psychological novel; 1915; Axel Heyst; Indonesia; Chinese assistant Wang; Mr. Schomberg; Alma; Lena; Pedro; Martin Ricardo; Mr. Jones; Maurice Tourneur; Jack Holt; Seena Owen; Lon Chaney, Sr.; Wallace Beery; William Wellman; Dangerous Paradise; Nancy Carroll; Richard Arlen; Warner Oland; John Cromwell; Fredric March; Betty Field; Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Mark Peploe; Willem Dafoe; Sam Neill; Irène Jacob; Rufus Sewell; Harold Pinter; Polish-British; Almayer's Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; The Inheritors; Ford Madox Ford; Typhoon; The End of the Tether; Romance; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes; Chance; Victory; The Shadow Line; The Arrow of Gold; The Rescue; The Nature of a Crime; The Rover; Suspense: A Napoleonic NovelDescription
"The world is a bad dog. It will bite you if you give it a chance," maintains Axel Heyst, a Swedish drifter in the Pacific islands. Heyst's attempt to remain aloof from the rest of humanity is challenged by his compassion for Lena, a destitute orchestra girl. Defying Lena's abusive boss, the two flee to an isolated paradise. But the vengeful employer sets a trio of miscreants on the lovers' trail, leading Heyst's growing moral courage to a deadly reckoning.
First published in 1915, Victory is Conrad's last great novel. Its central question, whether a man of moral sensitivity can function in a corrupt and derelict world, is treated with the author's fundamental pessimism and with faith in the possibility of redemption. The tale abounds in elements characteristic of the great storyteller's later work: an exotic setting, richly and powerfully evoked; muscular prose; complex characterization; and a compelling examination of the human capacity for good and evil.
First published in 1915, Victory is Conrad's last great novel. Its central question, whether a man of moral sensitivity can function in a corrupt and derelict world, is treated with the author's fundamental pessimism and with faith in the possibility of redemption. The tale abounds in elements characteristic of the great storyteller's later work: an exotic setting, richly and powerfully evoked; muscular prose; complex characterization; and a compelling examination of the human capacity for good and evil.
Reprint of a standard edition.
literary fiction; british literature; 19th-century fiction; conrad novel; joseph conrad; an island tale; exotic settings; vengeful employer; swedish drifter; pacific islands; destitute orchestra girl; paradise; moral sensitivity; pessimism; faith; redemption; complex characters; human capacity for good and evil; love; romance; beauty; dramatic; complex; heartfelt,Psychological novel; 1915; Axel Heyst; Indonesia; Chinese assistant Wang; Mr. Schomberg; Alma; Lena; Pedro; Martin Ricardo; Mr. Jones; Maurice Tourneur; Jack Holt; Seena Owen; Lon Chaney, Sr.; Wallace Beery; William Wellman; Dangerous Paradise; Nancy Carroll; Richard Arlen; Warner Oland; John Cromwell; Fredric March; Betty Field; Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Mark Peploe; Willem Dafoe; Sam Neill; Irène Jacob; Rufus Sewell; Harold Pinter; Polish-British; Almayer's Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; The Inheritors; Ford Madox Ford; Typhoon; The End of the Tether; Romance; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes; Chance; Victory; The Shadow Line; The Arrow of Gold; The Rescue; The Nature of a Crime; The Rover; Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel
