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Original Essays | April 29, 2013
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Victory: An Island Tale (Everyman's Library)by Joseph Conrad
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 Heysts 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 fiends sets off a terrifying series of events that ultimately ends in catastrophe.
“With Victory, Conrad inaugurated a new style and aesthetic,” writes Peter Lancelot Mallios in his Introduction. “The tremendous literary sophistication to be found in Victory does not result in the exclusion of the popular reader.” The text of this Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the first British edition, published by Methuen & Co. in 1915. From the Trade Paperback edition. Synopsis:Joseph Conrad's last major work, Victory is the story of Axel Heyst, a Swedish baron who wanders the islands of the Dutch East Indies in search of solitude and utter detachment from humanity. Because of a single act of kindness, however, Heyst is caught up despite himself in an increasingly tangled web of slander, love, violence, and revenge, all in the shadow of the dull red glow of a local volcano. After rescuing a young English girl, Lena, from exploitation by the innkeeper Schomberg, Heyst finally begins to find a way out of his emotional isolation, only to find himself the object of Schomberg's deadly hatred. In a poignantly ironic twist of fate, it is the spark of human connection in Heyst's empty life that sets off the final eruption of violence and tragedy.
Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. xliv-xlv).
About the AuthorPeter Lancelot Mallios is an assistant professor of English and American Studies at the University of Maryland.
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