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Victory (novel)
1915 novel by Joseph Conrad / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victory (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915,[1] through which Conrad achieved "popular success."[2]
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Author | Joseph Conrad |
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Language | English |
Subject | adventure in the South Seas |
Genre | psychological novel |
Publisher | Methuen (UK) Doubleday Page & Co (US) |
Publication date | 1915 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
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The novel's "most striking formal characteristic is its shifting narrative and temporal perspective"[3] with the first section from the viewpoint of a sailor, the second from omniscient perspective of Axel Heyst, the third from an interior perspective from Heyst, and the final section has an omniscient narrator.[4]
It has been adapted into film a number of times.