Victory (1915)

by Joseph Conrad

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The love story is tender and delightful and the suspense at the end when the robbers have invaded the island really keep the reader involved. (

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Conrad's writing blows my mind.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Joseph Conrad	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Giachino, Enzo	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Gorey, Edward	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Gorey, Edward	Typography	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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1915

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There is, as every schoolboy knows in this scientific age, a very close chemical relation between coal and diamonds.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0140189785, Paperback)

Axel 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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"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 friends sets off a terrifying series of events that ultimately ends in catastrophe."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)

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