Victory: An Island Tale


Gelesen von skoval

(3.9 stars; 12 reviews)

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) (13 hr 51 min)

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00 - Note to the First Edition 3:08 Gelesen von skoval
01 - Author's Note 19:17 Gelesen von skoval
02 - Part 1, Chapter 1 13:58 Gelesen von skoval
03 - Part 1, Chapter 2 23:18 Gelesen von skoval
04 - Part 1, Chapter 3 14:09 Gelesen von skoval
05 - Part 1, Chapter 4 13:35 Gelesen von skoval
06 - Part 1, Chapter 5 32:23 Gelesen von skoval
07 - Part 1, Chapter 6 11:10 Gelesen von skoval
08 - Part 1, Chapter 7 10:10 Gelesen von skoval
09 - Part 2, Chapter 1 24:14 Gelesen von skoval
10 - Part 2, Chapter 2 29:50 Gelesen von skoval
11 - Part 2, Chapter 3 13:50 Gelesen von skoval
12 - Part 2, Chapter 4 13:05 Gelesen von skoval
13 - Part 2, Chapter 5 26:44 Gelesen von skoval
14 - Part 2, Chapter 6 32:49 Gelesen von skoval
15 - Part 2, Chapter 7 36:02 Gelesen von skoval
16 - Part 2, Chapter 8 32:04 Gelesen von skoval
17 - Part 3, Chapter 1 20:17 Gelesen von skoval
18 - Part 3, Chapter 2 5:53 Gelesen von skoval
19 - Part 3, Chapter 3 32:31 Gelesen von skoval
20 - Part 3, Chapter 4 31:35 Gelesen von skoval
21 - Part 3, Chapter 5 17:21 Gelesen von skoval
22 - Part 3, Chapter 6 17:11 Gelesen von skoval
23 - Part 3, Chapter 7 22:48 Gelesen von skoval
24 - Part 3, Chapter 8 8:46 Gelesen von skoval
25 - Part 3, Chapter 9 19:15 Gelesen von skoval
26 - Part 3, Chapter 10 38:25 Gelesen von skoval
27 - Part 4, Chapter 1 18:56 Gelesen von skoval
28 - Part 4, Chapter 2 19:08 Gelesen von skoval
29 - Part 4, Chapter 3 13:40 Gelesen von skoval
30 - Part 4, Chapter 4 16:45 Gelesen von skoval
31 - Part 4, Chapter 5 35:24 Gelesen von skoval
32 - Part 4, Chapter 6 11:47 Gelesen von skoval
33 - Part 4, Chapter 7 9:57 Gelesen von skoval
34 - Part 4, Chapter 8 27:25 Gelesen von skoval
35 - Part 4, Chapter 9 24:38 Gelesen von skoval
36 - Part 4, Chapter 10 16:14 Gelesen von skoval
37 - Part 4, Chapter 11 37:14 Gelesen von skoval
38 - Part 4, Chapter 12 18:17 Gelesen von skoval
39 - Part 4, Chapter 13 9:31 Gelesen von skoval
40 - Part 4, Chapter 14 8:38 Gelesen von skoval

Bewertungen

skoval you are a fine reader. As for the novel, well


(3 stars)

For the most part it is very good. Skoval reads at a human pace and has a lovely youthful voice. Your calm voice made a fine contrast to first part of the novel which was emotional. And your voice was perfect for the second part. Please keep reading in future..... White superiority is overshadows except for the servant Wang. I suppose you could say the Anglo-Polish Conrad was a man of his times. Well there were other men and women of that epoch who were aware of the potential and the equality of the oppressed ethnicities, of imperialism, mind body and soul. SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! In such a tragic world the death of the triumph over adversity character, the death of the heroine was quite depressing indeed. the ending is truly one that leaves one empty, and for me, angry that Conrad did not preserve the heroine's life. Victory? what victory?! It should be retitled something like An Island tale of Tragedy, or the like.

Fascinating story


(5 stars)

Well read and a great read!