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Victory: An Island Tale
Joseph Conrad
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Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific. After retreating from society in response to his professional failures, the misanthrope is drawn back by a romantic affair.
Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific. After retreating from society in response to his professional failures, the misanthrope is drawn back by a romantic affair.
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It was a great comfort to hear her say:
"It wouldn't have been the first time. And suppose she did—what are you going to do about it?"
"I don't know," he said with a faint, remote playfulness 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 anything? What would you wish me to do? Pray command me."
Again, the greatest astonishment became visible in her face; for she now perceived how different he was from the other men in the room. He was as different from them as she was different from the other members of the ladies' orchestra.
"Command you?" she breathed, after a time, in a bewildered tone. "Who are you?" she asked a little louder.
"I am staying in this hotel for a few days. I just dropped in casu. . . Read More
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Axel Heyst the "Swede," is running away but since it is himself he wants to escape from that is clearly an unattainable goal. Growing up with his crank of a father, a widower in London Town the elder Heyst, writes little books of his unpopular philosophy making a small profit, from the few who like
Maya---(the illusion of desires)
Did Joseph Conrad ever write a bad novel? I’m sure I could write an essay of a few pages on that, but I’m also sure that somebody already has. I will forbear here. VICTORY is set in Southeast Asia, among the islands of what is now Indonesia, but which were then the Du
Now and then, we must leave the literature of our day and delve deeper--in time and in literary style. Joseph Conrad has survived time as a classic, because his work is of classic quality. I submerged into Victory as into cool, deep water, to emerge refreshed and moved by the literary experience.
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Ο αναγνώστης, πριν επιστρέψει στα εγκόσμια, στη γνωστή πεπατημένη του, αναβαπτίζεται σε μια θεώρηση όχι και τόσο πιασάρικη, όχι και τόσο συνηθισμένη, αυτή της απόλυτης αποστασιοποίησης μέσα από τον χαρακτήρα του Χάιστ, βαθιά «σημαδεμένου» από τη νιχιλιστική θεωρία του διανοούμενου πατέρα του.
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My victory over ‘Victory’ by Joseph Conrad was last-gasp and hard-fought. Unfortunately, I am not going to build any triumphal arches to commemorate it.
I feel like a veteran. For a few weeks I have been bombarded with boredom. Stabbed with a bayonet of disappointment. Outflanked by the characters I