Victory :
1857-1924.
Victory : an island tale / Joseph Conrad ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Peter Lancelot Mallios. - Modern Library pbk. ed. - New York : Modern Library, 1998 - lxxv, 349 p. : maps ; 21 cm. - Modern Library classics . - Modern Library classics. .
Includes bibliographical references.
"Set in the islands of the Malay Archipelago, Victory tells the story of a disillusioned Swede, Axel Heyst, who rescues Lena, a young English musician, from the clutches of a brutish German hotel owner. Seeking refuge at Heyst's remote island retreat on Samburan, the couple is soon besieged by three villains dispatched by the enraged hotelier. The arrival on the island paradise of this trio of friends sets off a terrifying series of events that ultimately ends in catastrophe."--BOOK JACKET.
1857151445
2002043205
Europeans--Indonesia--Fiction.
Women musicians--Fiction.
Abused women--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Indonesia--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
PR6005.O4 / V5 2003
F/CON
Victory : an island tale / Joseph Conrad ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Peter Lancelot Mallios. - Modern Library pbk. ed. - New York : Modern Library, 1998 - lxxv, 349 p. : maps ; 21 cm. - Modern Library classics . - Modern Library classics. .
Includes bibliographical references.
"Set in the islands of the Malay Archipelago, Victory tells the story of a disillusioned Swede, Axel Heyst, who rescues Lena, a young English musician, from the clutches of a brutish German hotel owner. Seeking refuge at Heyst's remote island retreat on Samburan, the couple is soon besieged by three villains dispatched by the enraged hotelier. The arrival on the island paradise of this trio of friends sets off a terrifying series of events that ultimately ends in catastrophe."--BOOK JACKET.
1857151445
2002043205
Europeans--Indonesia--Fiction.
Women musicians--Fiction.
Abused women--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Indonesia--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
PR6005.O4 / V5 2003
F/CON