Victory: An Island Tale
by Joseph Conrad
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
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Peebles, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Condition: Good; edge-wear to boards, no DJ. Slight internal cracking to spine, the binding still tight. Edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Head and foot of spine slightly worn. There appears to be a drawing which was erased on the title page. Interior is clean
Synopsis
Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. But his life alters when he rescues a young English girl, Lena, from Zangiacomo's Ladies' Orchestra and the evil innkeeper Schomberg, taking her to his island retreat. The affair between Heyst and Lena begins with her release, but the relationship shifts as Lena struggles to save Heyst from detachment and isolation. Featuring arguably the most interesting hero created by Conrad, "Victory" is both a compelling tale of adventure and a perceptive study of the power of love.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thistle and Heather Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1540
- Title
- Victory: An Island Tale
- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Date Published
- 1919
- Weight
- 1.30 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction Vintage;
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