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Joseph Conrad
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Victory (Wordsworth Collection) |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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432 |
| Date: |
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1998-04-01 |
| ISBN: |
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1853262560 |
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
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0.38 pounds |
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4.96 x 0.63 x 7.8 inches |
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| Previous givers: |
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2 Becca Howell (USA: IA), Michelle (Australia) |
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2 chris (Japan), sylvia (France) |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
On a rare impulse Swedish Baron and rootless drifter Axel Heyst, rescues a sea captain from his debts. This uncharacteristic act of kindness has unimagined and tragic repercussions for many people, with the reader being left to decide the nature and attainability of ultimate victory.
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Michelle (Australia) (2010/06/19):
Set in the islands of the Malay Archipelago, Victory tells the story of a disillusioned Swede, Axel Heyst, who rescues Lena, a young English musician, from the clutches of a brutish German hotel owner. Seeking refuge at Heyst’s remote island retreat on Samburan, the couple is soon besieged by three villains dispatched by the enraged hotelier. The arrival on the island paradise of this trio of fiends sets off a terrifying series of events that ultimately ends in catastrophe.“With Victory, Conrad inaugurated a new style and aesthetic,” writes Peter Lancelot Mallios in his Introduction. “The tremendous literary sophistication to be found in Victory does not result in the exclusion of the popular reader.”
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http://bookmooch.com/1853262560 |
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