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Victory : An Island Tale by Joseph. Conrad (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWildside Press, LLC
ISBN-100809594730
ISBN-139780809594733
eBay Product ID (ePID)45424827
Product Key Features
Book TitleVictory : an Island Tale
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicLiterary
GenreFiction
AuthorJoseph. Conrad
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight17.9 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal823/.912
SynopsisThe last word of this novel was written on 29 May 1914. And that last word was the single word of the title. Those were the times of peace. Now that the moment of publication approaches I have been considering the discretion of altering the title-page. The word "Victory" the shining and tragic goal of noble effort, appeared too great, too august, to stand at the head of a mere novel. There was also the possibility of falling under the suspicion of commercial astuteness deceiving the public into the belief that the book had something to do with war. Of that, however, I was not afraid very much. What influenced my decision most were the obscure promptings of that pagan residuum of awe and wonder which lurks still at the bottom of our old humanity. "Victory" was the last word I had written in peace-time. It was the last literary thought which had occurred to me before the doors of the Temple of Janus flying open with a crash shook the minds, the hearts, the consciences of men all over the world. Such coincidence could not be treated lightly. And I made up my mind to let the word stand, in the same hopeful spirit in which some simple citizen of Old Rome would have "accepted the Omen." -- Joseph Conrad
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