Victory (novel)
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Victory: An Island Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915.
Once regarded as comparatively minor amongst Conrad's works, Victory has grown in reputation. Its depiction of the central character, Axel Heyst, and his renunciation of the world, is influenced by Conrad's reading of Schopenhauer. Heyst's alienation stems in large part from a somewhat ascetic upbringing. During the course of the novel, however, Heyst is drawn to commit to life when he falls in love with Lena, a girl in a ladies' touring orchestra. Although the climax of the novel is tragic, it is this commitment that provides the title's ironic victory.
The novel was adapted to a film directed by Mark Peploe with a cast of Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Irène Jacob, Rufus Sewell. See IMdb.com for more.
[edit] References
- YARDLEY, JONATHAN (May 9, 2005), Joseph Conrad's Dark 'Victory', Washington Post, <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/08/AR2005050800989.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns>
[edit] External links
- Victory, available at Project Gutenberg.
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