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AxelHeyst,adreamerandarestlessdrifter,believeshecanavoidsufferingbycuttinghimselfofffromothers.ThenhebecomesinvolvedintheoperationofacoalcompanyonaremoteislandintheMalayArchipelago,andwhenitfailsheturnshisbackonhumanityoncemore.ButhislifealterswhenherescuesayoungEnglishgirl,Lena,fromZangiacomo’sLadies’OrchestraandtheevilinnkeeperSchomberg,takinghertohisislandretreat.TheaffairbetweenHeystandLenabeginswithherrelease,buttherelationshipshiftsasLenastrugglestosaveHeystfromdetachmentandisolation.FeaturingarguablythemostinterestingherocreatedbyConrad,‘Victory’isbothacompellingtaleofadventureandaperceptivestudyofthepoweroflove.