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Victory: An Island Tale

by Joseph CONRAD (1857 - 1924)

01 - Author's Note

Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific. After retreating from society in response to his professional failures, the misanthrope is drawn back by a romantic affair. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)

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Listen next episodes of Victory: An Island Tale:
02 - Part 1, Chapter 1 , 03 - Part 1, Chapter 2 , 04 - Part 1, Chapter 3 , 05 - Part 1, Chapter 4 , 06 - Part 1, Chapter 5 , 07 - Part 1, Chapter 6 , 08 - Part 1, Chapter 7 , 09 - Part 2, Chapter 1 , 10 - Part 2, Chapter 2 , 11 - Part 2, Chapter 3 , 12 - Part 2, Chapter 4 , 13 - Part 2, Chapter 5 , 14 - Part 2, Chapter 6 , 15 - Part 2, Chapter 7 , 16 - Part 2, Chapter 8 , 17 - Part 3, Chapter 1 , 18 - Part 3, Chapter 2 , 19 - Part 3, Chapter 3 , 20 - Part 3, Chapter 4 , 21 - Part 3, Chapter 5 , 22 - Part 3, Chapter 6 , 23 - Part 3, Chapter 7 , 24 - Part 3, Chapter 8 , 25 - Part 3, Chapter 9 , 26 - Part 3, Chapter 10 , 27 - Part 4, Chapter 1 , 28 - Part 4, Chapter 2 , 29 - Part 4, Chapter 3 , 30 - Part 4, Chapter 4 , 31 - Part 4, Chapter 5 , 32 - Part 4, Chapter 6 , 33 - Part 4, Chapter 7 , 34 - Part 4, Chapter 8 , 35 - Part 4, Chapter 9 , 36 - Part 4, Chapter 10 , 37 - Part 4, Chapter 11 , 38 - Part 4, Chapter 12 , 39 - Part 4, Chapter 13 , 40 - Part 4, Chapter 14