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"A Swede living nearly alone on a South Sea island rescues a woman from exploitation on a neighboring island, where the hotelkeeper already resents him. Soon both islands are invaded by a group of criminals."@en
"Baron Axel Heyst and his lover, Lena, a woman he has saved from a sordid life, share an idyllic existence on the island of Samburan until three intruders from Lena's past threaten to destroy their happiness."@en
"Baron Axel Heyst and his lover, Lena, a woman he has saved from a sordid life, share an idyllic existence on the island of Samburan until three intruders from Lena's past threaten to destroy their happiness."
"The tale of a Swedish nobleman living alone on an island in the South seas. An analysis of evil. For other editions, see Author Catalog."@en
"Swedish baron, Axel Heyst, rescues Lena, a young English musician, from the clutches of Schomberg, a brutish German hotel owner. Seeking refuge at Heyst's remote island retreat on Samburan, the couple is soon besieged by villains dispatched by the enraged hotelier. The arrival on the island paradise of these fiends sets off a terrifying series of events that ultimately ends in catastrophe."@en
"Although Joseph Conrad is now regarded by many critics as one of the most important twentieth-century writers, popular acclaim proved hard for the Polish-born writer to achieve during his lifetime. It was Victory, a psychological thriller of sorts, that finally broke through and helped the writer gain the mass readership his writing deserves."@en
"In the Malay Archipelago, Axel Heyst, a failed European businessman, rescues a young Englishwoman from a rapacious hotel owner. Fleeing to a remote island, Heyst and the woman are pursued by thugs dispatched by the vengeful hotelier. Written late in his career, Victory (1915) brought Conrad his first popular success."
"Een man raakt op een idyllisch Indonesisch eiland verstrikt in een uitzichtloze relatie met een jonge vrouw die hij uit de klauwen van haar hebzuchtige voogd heeft gered."
""A la muerte de su padre, Axel Heyst, aristócrata sueco, soñador y solitario, se dedica a vagar por el mundo y acaba como gerente de una explotación minera en Samburan, una remota isla del archipiélago malayo. Aunque el proyecto fracasa, Axel decide permanecer con su criado Wang en la isla. Un día viaja a la vecina Surabaya, en la actual Indonesia, y allí conoce a Lena, que actúa con una "orquesta de señoritas" en un hotel de la isla. Schomberg, el propietario del hotel, un alemán racista y despótico, la acosa para que se convierta en su amante, y Lena huye con Axel a la paradisíaca Samburan. Contrariado y loco de celos, Schomberg ideará un plan para vengarse de ambos ..." --Lecturalia web site."
""The present volume contains critical texts of Conrad's novel Victory, An Island Tale and of its two prefaces. The Cambridge text of the novel, apart from the coda to the final chapter, is based on the first revised typescript, held in the Free Library of Philadelphia. The coda to the final chapter, present fragmentarily in the Philadelphia typescript, has the manuscript as its copy-text. The copy-texts are emended to incorporate authorial revisions drawn from earlier and later authoritative documents as well as editorial emendations to correct errors. The copy-text of the 'Note to the First Edition' is the manuscript, preserved at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and that for the 'Author's Note' is the extant revised typescript held in a private collection"--"
""A story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventure with a sensitive portrayal of three drifters.""
""A story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventue with a sensitive portrayal of three drifters.""
"A story of the Eastern seas."@en
"A mysterious drifter named Axel Heyst rescues a "bad girl" from a seedy tropical hotel and takes her home to Samburan, his own island in the East Indies. Three intruders follow them and bring horror, death, and a strange, haunting victory."@en
"A mysterious drifter named Axel Heyst rescues a "bad girl" from a seedy tropical hotel and takes her home to Samburan, his own island in the East Indies. Three intruders follow them and bring horror, death, and a strange, haunting victory."