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Victory

Victory

Author(s): Joseph Conrad

Location(s): Indonesia

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 19th Century

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Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more.

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Really enjoyable read.  Thoroughly recommended. Up there with really interesting characters and unexpected twists and turns as had no idea where the story was going.

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