Victory by Joseph Conrad audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

Set in the Dutch East Indies at the edge of empire, Joseph Conrad's Victory follows Axel Heyst, a wealthy, disillusioned European who retreats from the world to a remote island, convinced that detachment is the only safe philosophy. His self-imposed solitude is disrupted when he intervenes to help Lena, a young musician trapped in a seedy touring troupe. Bringing her to his island refuge, Heyst discovers that withdrawal does not cancel responsibility - or desire - and that intimacy can be both a sanctuary and a vulnerability. Meanwhile, the island becomes a magnet for danger: a failing business venture, old resentments, and a trio of predatory outsiders converge, sensing opportunity in Heyst's isolation and in the couple's precarious position. As pressure mounts, the novel tests the limits of Heyst's ideals against the demands of love, loyalty, and action. Victory is a tense, atmospheric study of moral paralysis and sudden courage, where Conrad's seascape of heat and shadow frames a clash between conscience and cruelty.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:03:01) Chapter 02

(00:20:58) Chapter 03

(00:33:18) Chapter 04

(00:52:43) Chapter 05

(01:05:10) Chapter 06

(01:17:54) Chapter 07

(01:46:25) Chapter 08

(01:56:22) Chapter 09

(02:05:25) Chapter 10

(02:26:44) Chapter 11

(02:53:16) Chapter 12

(03:05:20) Chapter 13

(03:16:52) Chapter 14

(03:39:52) Chapter 15

(04:08:45) Chapter 16

(04:39:59) Chapter 17

(05:08:35) Chapter 18

(05:25:30) Chapter 19

(05:30:30) Chapter 20

(05:58:12) Chapter 21

(06:24:50) Chapter 22

(06:39:42) Chapter 23

(06:54:16) Chapter 24

(07:14:33) Chapter 25

(07:22:23) Chapter 26

(07:38:30) Chapter 27

(08:10:36) Chapter 28

(08:26:08) Chapter 29

(08:41:44) Chapter 30

(08:52:50) Chapter 31

(09:06:49) Chapter 32

(09:36:39) Chapter 33

(09:46:56) Chapter 34

(09:55:27) Chapter 35

(10:19:16) Chapter 36

(10:40:03) Chapter 37

(10:52:47) Chapter 38

(11:25:25) Chapter 39

(11:40:48) Chapter 40

(11:48:55) Chapter 41

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