Victory ANNOTATION
Now a major motion picture from Miramax starring Sam Neill and Willem Defoe, Victory takes place in 1913 in the Dutch East Indies and tells the story of one man's battle for the woman he loves and the tragedy it leaves in its wake.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Victory was the last of Conrad's novels to be set in the Malay Archipelago, sub-titled 'An Island Tale', it tells the story of Axel Heyst who, damaged by his dead father's nihilistic philosophy, has retreated from the world of commerce and colonial exploration to live alone on the island of Samburan. But Heyst's solitary existence ends when he rescues an English girl from her rapacious patron and takes her off to his retreat. She in turn recalls him to love and to life, until the world breaks in on them once more with tragic consequences. In this love story Conrad created two of his psychologically most complex and compelling characters in a narrative of great erotic power." This new edition uses the English first edition text and has a new chronology and bibliography.
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