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Victory; An Island Tale

By Joseph Conrad

2019-09-21 16:40:18

Victory (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915, through which Conrad achieved "popular success."  The novel's "most striking formal characteristic is its shifting narrative a ... Read more
Victory (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915, through which Conrad achieved "popular success."  The novel's "most striking formal characteristic is its shifting narrative and temporal perspective" with the first section from the viewpoint of a sailor, the second from omniscient perspective of Axel Heyst, the third from an interior perspective from Heyst, and the final section has an omniscient narrator. It has been adapted into film a number of times.  Less

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File size291.789 KB
Print pages373
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date1995-11-01
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-0241189658
Joseph Conrad (3 Dec 1857 – 3 Aug 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twe...

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