书目

Victory

内容简介

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

作者简介

JosephConrad(originallyJózefTeodorKonradNaleczKorzeniowski)wasbornintheUkrainein1857andgrewupunderTsaristautocracy.In1896hesettledinKent,whereheproducedwithinfifteenyearssuchmodernclassicsasYouth,HeartofDarkness,LordJim,Typhoon

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Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century

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