Joseph Conrad possessed a matchless gift for embodying life as it is lived under extreme physical and psychological pressure. Victory, his last masterpiece, tells the story of Axel Heyst, a radically isolated, philosophically minded soul living apart on a remote Pacific island, who performs two acts of instinctive kindness and thereby embroils himself in storms of greed and vengeance, and of love and mercy.
When Heyst impulsively rescues a young English musician, Lena, from the predations of a lascivious hotel owner named Schomberg, he cannot know that she will be the means of releasing him from the emotional detachment with which he has long barricaded himself. Their affair does not last long, however, once the enraged Schomberg sends agents of revenge to invade Heyst's island retreat. Out of the maelstrom of violence and tragedy that ensues, Conrad produces a profound, unflinching meditation on human connection and redemption.
| ISBN: | 9780375400476 |
| Publication date: | 20th October 1998 |
| Author: | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher: | Everyman's Library an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 385 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library Classics Series |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Thriller and Suspense General Fiction |
Joseph Conrad possessed a matchless gift for embodying life as it is lived under extreme physical and psychological pressure. Victory, his last masterpiece, tells the story of Axel Heyst, a radically isolated, philosophically minded soul living apart on a remote Pacific island, who performs two acts of instinctive kindness and thereby embroils himself in storms of greed and vengeance, and of love and mercy. When Heyst impulsively rescues a young English musician, Lena, from the predations of a lascivious hotel owner named Schomberg, he cannot know that she will be the means of releasing him from the emotional detachment with which he has long barricaded himself.
Victory features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Thriller and Suspense, General Fiction
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Victory was written by Joseph Conrad and published by Everyman's Library an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Victory has 385 pages
Yes it is part of Everyman's Library Classics Series series