Victory: An Island TaleOxford University Press, 2004 - 333 páginas 'Victory, don't forget, has come out of my innermost self.' Victory was the last of Conrad's novels to be set in the Malay Archipelago. Sub-titled 'An Island Tale', it tells the story of Axel Heyst who, damaged by his dead father's nihilistic philosophy, has retreated from the world of commerce and colonial exploration to live alone on the island ofSamburan. But Heyst's solitary existence ends when he rescues an English girl from her rapacious patron and takes her off to his retreat. She in turn recalls him to love and life, until the world breaks in on them once more with tragic consequences. In this love story Conrad created two of hispsychologically most complex and compelling characters in a narrative of great erotic power. This new edition uses the English first edition text and has a new chronology and bibliography. |
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... Axel Heyst , however , Conrad was to create the most complex of his characters and in Lena his most perceptive analysis of the female psyche . In a wider sense the state- ment also reminds us of Conrad's artistic credo : his belief that ...
... Axel Heyst , however , Conrad was to create the most complex of his characters and in Lena his most perceptive analysis of the female psyche . In a wider sense the state- ment also reminds us of Conrad's artistic credo : his belief that ...
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... Axel Heyst , through a prospectus and , significantly , a map : From the first he had selected Samburan , or Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the prospectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East ...
... Axel Heyst , through a prospectus and , significantly , a map : From the first he had selected Samburan , or Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the prospectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East ...
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... Heyst's ' enchanted circle ' is not merely an actual location on the globe , but metaphorically signifies his ... Axel Heyst who at the outset affirmed " There's nothing worth knowing but facts . Hard facts ! Facts alone ' ( p . 10 ) ...
... Heyst's ' enchanted circle ' is not merely an actual location on the globe , but metaphorically signifies his ... Axel Heyst who at the outset affirmed " There's nothing worth knowing but facts . Hard facts ! Facts alone ' ( p . 10 ) ...
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... Axel Heyst's and Lena's psyches , Victory represents a significant advance in his development as an artist . [ Readers unfamiliar with the novel may wish to read it now before returning to this Introduction . ] II [ ... ] it has a ...
... Axel Heyst's and Lena's psyches , Victory represents a significant advance in his development as an artist . [ Readers unfamiliar with the novel may wish to read it now before returning to this Introduction . ] II [ ... ] it has a ...
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... Axel Heyst ) . By October however this had grown into a far more ambitious work and for the next nine months Conrad was engaged on writing what was to become the last of his major novels set in the Malay archipelago . He completed it at ...
... Axel Heyst ) . By October however this had grown into a far more ambitious work and for the next nine months Conrad was engaged on writing what was to become the last of his major novels set in the Malay archipelago . He completed it at ...
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Alfuro Almayer's Folly arms asked Axel Heyst believe boat bungalow called chair chimæras Chinaman D. H. Lawrence Davidson death door doorway eyes face faint feeling fellow felt frightened gentleman girl glance gone governor hand head heard Heart of Darkness hotel-keeper human island jetty Jones Joseph Conrad Lena light lips looked Lord Jim Malay Malay Archipelago Martin matter mean mind Morrison moved murmured mysterious never night novel Number OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS Pedro perhaps Ricardo Robert Hampson round Samburan Schomberg seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort soul sound Sourabaya speak stare strange suddenly T. S. Eliot table d'hôte Tadeusz Bobrowski talk tell Tesmans There's thing thought told tone Tropical Belt Coal turned understand University Press verandah Victory voice Wang watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words Zangiacomo