Description: Joseph Conrad's last major work, Victory is the story of Axel Heyst, a Swedish baron who wanders the islands of the Dutch East Indies in search of solitude and utter detachment from humanity. Because of a single act of kindness, however, Heyst is caught up despite himself in an increasingly tangled web of slander, love, violence, and revenge, all in the shadow of the dull red glow of a local volcano. After rescuing a young English girl, Lena, from exploitation by the innkeeper Schomberg, Heyst finally begins to find a way out of his emotional isolation, only to find himself the object of Schomberg's deadly hatred. In a poignantly ironic twist of fate, it is the spark of human connection in Heyst's empty life that sets off the final eruption of violence and tragedy.

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