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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... Heyst's ' enchanted circle ' is not merely an actual location on the globe , but metaphorically signifies his restless search for some direction to his travels , some meaning to his exist- ence . Significantly , he is unable to escape ...
... Heyst's ' enchanted circle ' is not merely an actual location on the globe , but metaphorically signifies his restless search for some direction to his travels , some meaning to his exist- ence . Significantly , he is unable to escape ...
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... Heyst is presented by the narrator through the partial and prejudiced eyes of others . The various names by which Heyst is called in Part I - ' Enchanted ' , ' Hard Facts ' , ' Spider ' , ' Naïve ' , ' Enemy ' , ' g'n'lman ' , ' utopist ...
... Heyst is presented by the narrator through the partial and prejudiced eyes of others . The various names by which Heyst is called in Part I - ' Enchanted ' , ' Hard Facts ' , ' Spider ' , ' Naïve ' , ' Enemy ' , ' g'n'lman ' , ' utopist ...
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... Heyst , Willems knows himself so imperfectly that he is described as ' a man bewitched within the sweep of a magic circle ' . Both Anthony and Heyst have been warped by their fathers ' teachings - Anthony by the sentimental outlook of ...
... Heyst , Willems knows himself so imperfectly that he is described as ' a man bewitched within the sweep of a magic circle ' . Both Anthony and Heyst have been warped by their fathers ' teachings - Anthony by the sentimental outlook of ...
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... Heyst feels he has gained . But under the stress of Morrison's death , and immediately thereafter his meeting Lena , ' a light veil seemed to hang before his mental vision ' ( p . 66 ) and Heyst's sceptical mind ( which has no ...
... Heyst feels he has gained . But under the stress of Morrison's death , and immediately thereafter his meeting Lena , ' a light veil seemed to hang before his mental vision ' ( p . 66 ) and Heyst's sceptical mind ( which has no ...
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... Heyst by its amazing quality . It was a voice fit to utter the most exquisite things , a voice which would have made silly chatter supportable and the roughest talk fascinating . Heyst drank in its charm as one listens to the tone of ...
... Heyst by its amazing quality . It was a voice fit to utter the most exquisite things , a voice which would have made silly chatter supportable and the roughest talk fascinating . Heyst drank in its charm as one listens to the tone of ...
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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