Victory: An Island Tale


Lu par 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)

Chapitres

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

Critiques

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!