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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... sound ' ( p . 134 ) -but this is at best a negative freedom . The illusory nature of that independence and Heyst's self - deception in believing himself com- pletely free of any external ties will become apparent when the infamous Jones ...
... sound ' ( p . 134 ) -but this is at best a negative freedom . The illusory nature of that independence and Heyst's self - deception in believing himself com- pletely free of any external ties will become apparent when the infamous Jones ...
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... sound , found its way into Heyst's heart . His mind , cool , alert , watched it sink there with a sort of vague concern at the absurdity of the occupation , till it rested at the bottom , deep down , where our unexpressed longings lie ...
... sound , found its way into Heyst's heart . His mind , cool , alert , watched it sink there with a sort of vague concern at the absurdity of the occupation , till it rested at the bottom , deep down , where our unexpressed longings lie ...
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... sound , suggesting infinite depths of wisdom and feel- ing ' ( p . 160 ) . Her very name , given her by Heyst ( at her request ) in an attempt to make her his own and to understand her essence , is rich in symbolic overtones , a ...
... sound , suggesting infinite depths of wisdom and feel- ing ' ( p . 160 ) . Her very name , given her by Heyst ( at her request ) in an attempt to make her his own and to understand her essence , is rich in symbolic overtones , a ...
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... sounds exchanged on every working day of life . But what of that ? They had behind them , to my mind , the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams , of phrases spoken in nightmares . 228 It is precisely this double vision of ...
... sounds exchanged on every working day of life . But what of that ? They had behind them , to my mind , the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams , of phrases spoken in nightmares . 228 It is precisely this double vision of ...
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... sound aca- demic complement to the above ] http://members.tripod.com/~JTKNK/ [ focuses mainly on the activities of the Joseph Conrad Foundation but also provides access to a number of e - texts ] On Victory Benney , William W. , Thorns ...
... sound aca- demic complement to the above ] http://members.tripod.com/~JTKNK/ [ focuses mainly on the activities of the Joseph Conrad Foundation but also provides access to a number of e - texts ] On Victory Benney , William W. , Thorns ...
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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