Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Victory
    Victory
    Victory
    Ebook483 pages6 hours

    Victory

    By Joseph Conrad

    ()

    Switch to audiobook
    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Through a business misadventure, the European Axel Heyst ends up living on an island in what is now Indonesia, with a Chinese assistant, Wang. Heyst visits a nearby island when a female band is playing at a hotel owned by Mr. Schomberg. Schomberg attempts to force himself sexually on one of the band members, Alma, later called Lena. She flees with Heyst back to his island and they become lovers. Schomberg seeks revenge by attempting to frame Heyst for the "murder" of a man who had died of natural causes and later by sending three desperadoes to Heyst's island with a lie about treasure hidden on the island.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherALEMAR S.A.S.
    Release dateMar 11, 2020
    ISBN9791280067074
    Author

    Joseph Conrad

    Polish-born Joseph Conrad is regarded as a highly influential author, and his works are seen as a precursor to modernist literature. His often tragic insight into the human condition in novels such as Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent is unrivalled by his contemporaries.

    Read more from Joseph Conrad

    Related to Victory

    Related ebooks

    General Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Books

      May 1, 2023

      Books
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Roar of Raging Nothing: The Uncanny Resemblance Between Sean Penn and Amanda McKittrick Ros

      Jun 14, 2018

      The difficulty of writing a novel means there are a lot of rotten novels out there, published or not. But sometimes writing is bad in a grand, towering way; sometimes the badness of a novel is so overwhelming that it warrants recording and rememberin

      8 min read

    • Article

      ‘Riots I Have Known’: Featured Fiction from Ryan Chapman

      May 21, 2019

      Lopez, right before they stabbed him in the yard—this was maybe last winter or the winter previous—you know what he said? He said: “Time makes fools of us all.” The post ‘Riots I Have Known’: Featured Fiction from Ryan Chapman appeared first on The M

      4 min read

    • Article

      Man About Town

      Oct 28, 2021

      AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, I burst my chains of domestic bondage, Samson-like, and escaped hotfoot to Soho to sip white wine with ruffians to celebrate Dan Jones’s excellent new book, Powers and Thrones. Jones is one of these prolific coves who c

      4 min read

    • Article

      Killing Time

      May 8, 2019

      Killing Time
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Sentimental Sadist

      Feb 7, 2017

      The Sentimental Sadist
      8 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Apr 21, 2022

      CONTACT US BY POST: PO BOX 1200, WHITSTABLE CT1 9RH, OR E-MAIL SIEVEKING@FORTEANTIMES.COM PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS As an FT reader and occasional correspondent of some 30 odd years, I enjoy the magazine as much as ever, but I did un

      11 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Jul 18, 2022

      Books
      6 min read

    • Article

      Shelf Life

      Jan 4, 2024

      To say that the inspiration for my third whodunit, Murder on Lake Garda, came unexpectedly wouldn’t quite be doing it justice. When I first happened on the seed of an idea, I was actually well into working on a completely different novel, involving a

      5 min read

    • Article

      Secret Sex Lives In Victorian England

      Jan 26, 2023

      NEW YEAR, NEW LIFE. As we march under cover of bravado into 2023, the first piece of good news is an impressive debut novel whose achievement largely matches its ambition. The New Life by Tom Crewe, an editor at the London Review of Books, is a story

      6 min read

    • Article

      Timelessness Trumps Timely

      Nov 26, 2020

      THE LITERARY CRITIC John Carey in 2000 published Pure Pleasure: A Guide to the 20th Century’s Most Enjoyable Books. In it he warned of those who associate reading with “swank and false refinement” and argued for “pure reading-pleasure”. Crucially, fo

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Spectre Of The Past

      Jan 25, 2024

      The Spectre Of The Past
      6 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Matt Seidel

      Dec 9, 2017

      I tend to buy used books in bunches, which means the haul from some expeditions stays buried for weeks, months, years even. For this entry, I highlight three finds that, breaking custom, I bought and read almost immediately this year: Hugo Charteris’

      6 min read

    • Article

      A Symposium on Invisibility

      Sep 1, 2022

      A Symposium on Invisibility
      26 min read

    • Article

      Against Argument

      Aug 8, 2017

      Against Argument
      9 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Ayad Akhtar

      Dec 17, 2020

      At the end of her necessary account is an articulation that sums up not only the dilemmas of our age, but of storytelling as a means of making sense of these momentous times: she admits to looking for stories where she should have been seeing a syste

      7 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Garth Risk Hallberg

      Dec 3, 2017

      One thing you could always say for me: I was a finisher. I may not have been a great reader, but by God I was dogged, and if I made it through the opening 10th of a book, then I was going all the way to the end. Though this started as merely an incli

      7 min read

    • Article

      Shelf Life

      Dec 2, 2021

      Shelf Life
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Moment Of The Tiles

      Feb 8, 2018

      The Moment Of The Tiles
      6 min read

    • Article

      Holiday Reads By The Recently Departed

      Jul 27, 2023

      FOR THIS YEAR’S HOLIDAY READING special — where The Critic suggests some older fiction that might more profitably fill your beach-y or gîte-y afternoons than the latest screamers from the bestseller lists — the theme is, well, death in summer. We off

      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Victory

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Victory - Joseph Conrad

      l^book_preview_excerpt.html}ےF寠^f̘}T$+n9vU@ %@XO%{Lfm2I _^zo\4_/?ex귷w{ ?p_wp:Fbi|Շsbʮ q5=y4ils*9SۄS/4xԆbkcfmKacW,wFt(y5>w,KCl.1_؄_ٮT/ЇiW7y>XMܥ9"Lqn1MsXf,"4Ҟ>\4򘧡2K۾Y8AfxǞSb;x+py6z-I,_HG0k^Nʹc|]kHeS?x$̭,AlNllxw~|m֭a->y='ٗ[.ՆOOQVxM}'7yqTλfe7܂.ILVAIDt}%;/4+~sNî鮢P;Mk!ƽH?bMd/9"$w#|<͓Ɩe[6:">ե":,؛EFaM(Gt)iYk/InQ">*o/iXđ9sh$m5ǩχ(-?"jb V,%/zNUmN~=ѳAh̲U]ӟESK,+X RF1"1 DDE˚k3'9s%=e8rϧ˽_=*['VLNAKDmIt,fq,pϺ#40N"qyJqβ,ygKPHii'"#a*tKÉqp6}>?mz+\-)r۴$xUȳiՈ|H3]O}Nl+fAMU>thZd_D(UXQn4%~A\BW͕^~äE>8 ߐDGc5:*4Aedar`z,~[d~apS9!ۧpqS/%Ⱦh5>9=a}'RGAs9ٛ#,zJRMYٯG@D)4cw=#ωflUCObK D*Z,`p"bHa`Ĝ|#ҁא's4ts׆ GׅXs.d <9W)]7P惈t_aEȞν:94$)TԪr{yH5jh"!zyRM^•XJiB( Q*/@D$,p߼dMdM0lWZQ0d&w)vr<|UL=1n&@%Yb$ZF.\k-^Vݐ fI;`LBu-J:n.P"(jԋh!^S*SoOEh$_Ee>Rh'Jp'; l|=*Yȯ[@ݾ_ľwE-F5Lh:|n |e{^+6{`;9w1NJ `m5Su]:**k~W둦H|9ў b1k*bfPE!n7d9sm"䟦Jc6׫;@ɻeCBi^r.,b H8+kD'?J|0ƴH!y("KG:ni͋A~$ڰNd9g1{jMQ>LBOև 2޾-POqC$ 3AO" w\ RyZ!3 ",HSwtoy.%#ab&by;fO߶gׯv #.O9j.{Ǐm/\5HK&tIt4lAm ~a_E-.$B4ҩTVѱ/ȨTY.k'Yt$ \D,~Prա] Dr%,՗l1,[%r$WW4F I '-s"n-N$8j wnD(RijLK !2tJ7ɓ4 V(c7YLP3ګk{1D 6煐bfYeg>CpgU tT{}f80g rIyN1~_怚KZa9ehWLVu.Pt"g)s'Ϭ,翓Hb\H%1Hc}3j.H{ pY= Z 0enI՜.Z 28e4%M` ϊu#?!~܎cUVpɢyLN+p>jB7$A⛀maVz^ Q;│✣JG js2&nn O |VLbx0jeı's8*VFToT`qgBs&\?~RYWFs2P){  5 )(HOFW C8nEe]ΣktD ?2p{-rUsW.4}B$Tu[@jum?Ɗ"奫? mKjh^'5d$>U1 @g~gQp-8qOkWZdTmjsUF5y෢CKM4Yp#W%^ u"4C^xػgZnMM;e&E+0(fSDgAPYpX٧cE}MVaet,?,q|4cS&gq4݌H@aO\uy[4X`ngbFu$ ̿!laXP*)nhꎉƟ2(&O0 ;(ZD7h)`Y\8ݸEpMњ;+F!{8As/q/J"_́zr1#8a$;CE8&DyU7\X5ʍDL-3s7P-}W^6@.DjaEb'= ]!jr-&"g $4Mi|b<,lkm-ssz=4߼?˜ߋ}p+1L#^*!:WˡPxG3HMr (u%;?&nC 18|gabd .Ѽli|N%bs4Ĥ5SYD6= jC~ևygP{;NIVp=Z=w߬RS@l0WݙXzG>] myk$\,0X]̎}/f3?"" 5A~x|ib#tzCkQ<&Jfq!'JG,ON9l) x)w@ Ku_f,MNǵ-;3zRM!iI ;v-$hF`Gl> -)P?\P X O]m 9Odq6!e y/`+7,_r0jNK,s[Hs|Y!>~ܓ >z Cվ2AXdjs[1"7܊o<.$qEDwxEl"WP.-][y*^J8'E˻Gài4/qq s>K,+SBmJ%/ HjhGnP= ?ECY5i4VMk ֘CF6vZp'Dfo~Dm\,QXگwUM5Ů#4`Yh|.Sjꞅ1ˌ4A~u0"3H< VC/PQV~R郘7ĚZR炢B)?A.^2g"YYa";O CiU40dzYaB@CXe)HgpUpY{k{HYu@!]wu?/I/Ge^豹鲩DmHmɚڮ,u#-.L3A=CjejHB%Q,Fʠ7#rƭ#] 3fO#GTc@i3p^({1KI+G?t)LӋ4*[7K&߮O .ih2}:Aҍ㤙j>D4*^m E.UIǕt:qWm'z8x|aE<{OSc/{r&͇[e: +7(yH@Wc @Z~IAdr9- u#"R\ 4>:>aY}&U IX;ݬαTi*]>m?#JZArޙ6X]Ai'dzQsF0CjsS$J-V 7o0(W &ydq!HlYKA!6OUFy64M! ;>#1>Y8q7(I{jQK^B=V3+-w]pݰ,hޯf^NL^˥];E՘"z2[9o pQBTť(YD A;ፃz^V Uzy{FEyFWM8(!ϫ@w*8?ά #Fϱƣr4EE}%0p3ק2ҽzDjVͪ p%J.28\_ep~l:nȹ6bќ>]d7M㯒AK_Y G,ha^T-j,~W u,& g FkWs!VPjUSܘ~n*`y9I Z ڷ%9eGKNw Quu%8cr9'f 8曨W! H͐24t[ˡ_6j$zr/7z߀#{!B !Hȳ@z\4EIYкo0L-"hdf1Xm&Rlݡ15𳡓;df _L.*o ,!SL +FB3pd*; /iD a#yNSh`}3&CHW?)&9w~%ઔk+TZR:z~򊦡VīPkDmJmj @bQ:Jy2Q4#TF=p9|,N@s3 CwM:9G9kұrXooQ%;(* oT07/7M(.Z) | 9P!/,aK1=$8[RicxyK#Ak m[tVH:,$% ؑ,T83G wh NsܿTl5҃ T>2޽+O.p7:J7:Vj1L aLiTqW~P#|pTe0!AV?AHRLQ}^B\-ZP "O 39$J"!.R6ܘ$`H-|6}m ^׏;t[Z"DtZCj1@#km]Ӑ Sk98k9v[R}?[inRکA3ҩ@_ QS{@-9w\$qQ.g̠ t3[6@];@tnCFpGO{CKh@ | 8gf(<1] e)urkX AZwrP 䦠/w0b>T+ʱP@>k mCP\̫0k?V4g6ViSC*geRP[+ vɒAM/-n+H#┋Ǿ/rLXR4`h\hu N[N"W%BeL!)}vT~n ~}󞴱59Pro'_#@j@3V:'nck'gJH#sU%+L`H^i>7Fز>7b1ǬZ,C ?WQP5m{Nb UŒzF|RO`-;|H\HBnj"k΁"Bi:6_!H|i-L7bId&N\9 pGt1błNoNJzkB^bu`I8JFW(ŵ`VjJP tORkPr-#Nм9}7L oZ YѽWXF:&) c(E i^{F1{R^=rT uo+<!H P`#E[XEe I8O#pckS-mkPq'+H˯A#k?GKKb=:mצRlm=ld[HbW+U P=3"]➗aTKÇWBg(QhܩB4fDVPv>qFˬ.CrNuYЂYetRM-bݭjHBIVz)m%VJߩôfV+eU5W\qyJ;l MGD LfMRq(aGߛ_w:BHHW|ـC ҈ST5Cf0W^J0øF+Soyx8Oe.!s{g"GkY3\Mg_{fӆpD[s[RKA/veE2:?Ft;Rk'LLMmꨫZ;U^f'$JjF.$yf/.Ozݫb&נwC*$*cu?Px26 t䁬_b` O";5C߼Lsci7@PZMTy#t;Lo^&^DsaŽS:pȢa?M){ĒHr#]h{FM&6hi!M~NSh8zםF ~VQVlJ~t$8yEEdId+6Y86/έnp:)?K1l #dyɡUAXfY6[Ć MXrv:͕$V/HfH cH(]8>N(鿴\EUg j?moР3a(>pT̵>H.K?*gBNS: i>ȍ@IT}kBG \P6#.K!3M@$qM$ct*O)swL%^5@IO{?|e\g~r1;cPYKʛ',{`ɞ5;O8|<"8s9Q4~X,&fSU^\㤁`y./*FlT:11HQ(Cq ʢY_OP4 uBjT#654zcI $ _Vär7#^{N |s e`Fi2`" ¢i/Pm7@0C9E}i-ց C<;RCuH4#mvCO^zj0w ۮ D&]8'TՖ^l 4y3U%rFki4rhl:\,%jOQ̝&O+NphT}XaP6vzBO2$O?hEI/X\ReC~^S.n+}1Ӡ7W6Bn%Vby HBe_ @^{ L*뽅ߠ{VI$tWv+Z^3 _ri  5C3^2/O=;{`#`$a*A/kGFxW%{*ܱ}8EС}Qyu!0VJz9-H(+`*zF̺o~)_;YtܘS&5%6[u*:7 2Ug #"֣E"A}$MyqQSIͼK#,+ DX% K/+Ə״w|& [+;[LTum0@)d×_=z{qV4Ð6<82ڀ1ͷT)OCyFg9)` (=['VlLKTF G98CV\:ŒdmTk~%,91Gy%{jeOu_C]PםӘ3@ъHs㊍S5hG&&]`],[kJN cj5EM$lp@UD?~m^u,\o9IcYxYJ6roQe{8^D}bV+>wWd0iV&ŻIrNqjt<9xi_(1DH}ޅtCL$Bl O W۫֎MȤ%Y_d6s :!#3rH8k{$٧ n+fkmd,|qKI(io}$g3__ 1GiRz_:a{%NR6W~WHz;,O۫#Kf b ]5%D S=&Y ACё)hWDXu[1Eb ; dU?@yˤ#_hO_flk+f: ̪NΝU)W43f@)Z-cM>mfIo3 mL@Nggz"A)7s(_iug} H5v9I3 %)2v>K s8IlNtDSb`E_:őe]s35^J/l-T9"Jr31Tc- C^%B}k}-](8%zp^H YvP %&WKiOdI''-q" n:opP[!2"'Y8]aQƈu8wt^.s9MUAY,O.Mb.i@P,లiz,̩]DZ+Ldu9*粗yXHWg,Y~UւvXO@O|MGp$uO4EVKB;D WBe/s/QdnEi`#ʮ\i;1]uڮwn>(6 b~DϷnǻO`ݘv 0T_owI/a 65d#:E$Z ̷Fd~ӱ6YY"Z5T^Z!k.H*JF3ga`MA1 Ǣc < (X,@[,CwN/2m\VSt:{: =r3&DZVCsdLyZ|YLZHa%l!p&k }/߆cM4ֿR.4hګll=5щWsN3H tWSGmS7{ƣN  !o('1րjVC>3q [8_bAt֌epWuer#C]ЦbobDŸ,.WACmsABt*LM[/{/4rA7^ TW MWG:srRf Tdsu_I]/ְZd"1wĘz6"Q5d3:d~wa$;t p%C-@͕O8\žCeWEG568 a<+O}}g+;D|^q&hd%-@IՀ!h8i`N6k9 jFJEߏ]D6h4f{Vѩf8IQnwXue`4S[CxDQCIF@]1sɵ/b,q 5?:ڿ Mv<88*zOﲯ7V_-KJ#~:tuف)*cnrbXq%E}dj0fP+7ضUUdd n=/S{(tGapNju׺?~;u~͝rVdyT}[%֖ošaE9v8X̫:Gy+`7VaOo`Ex)mD5oe:kć{qQ¶ȵVho`zV?OUV FIwQ/`j[. '].^B]po9+ hD }yv<(c0*GB#OY^eġOzN|޼Ǔe𗯀*^VR<ҍeOl u & :‰+ p["1'Qj4/p9/Wn0hG'z3ckB +ӥ fIЉO PMl>"ZN eKbwRgu)z:(8oW $pV
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1