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Victory: An Island Tale

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4 out of 5
Based on 36 Ratings and 36 Reviews

Book Description
In Victory (1915), Conrad returns to the Malay Archipelago, to the setting of his first mature novel, Lord Jim, and in Axel Heyst he creates a hero who is in many ways similar to Jim, a noble altruist destroyed by his ideals. It is a story of action and high adventure coexisting with an exhaustive study of the psychology of a man who's philosophy of life is summed up in the dyin... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (196 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages472
ISBN-100192817086
ISBN-13978-0192817082
Publication Date07/18/1996
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About Joseph Conrad (Author) : Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nałęcz-Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Britain. Some of his works have been l... more
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About John Batchelor (Editor) : John Batchelor is a published author, editor, and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of John Batchelor include World War II Warships (Dover Coloring Book), Lighthouses o... more
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About Tony Tanner (Introduction) : Tony Tanner is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Tony Tanner include Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics), Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics).
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