Victory
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Victory is a 1915 novel by Joseph Conrad that blends psychological drama and adventure in a story of isolation, moral conflict, and violent intrusion on a remote Indonesian island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Victory canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Victory (1919 film)
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Victory (1919 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Victory (1930 film)
Victory (1919 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Victory (1940 film)
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| antagonist |
Mr. Jones
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Ricardo ⓘ |
| author | Joseph Conrad ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | book ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure novel
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modernist literature ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Byronic hero
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mysterious villain ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
man vs. man
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man vs. self ⓘ man vs. society ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
impressionistic prose
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symbolic narrative ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | responsibility to others vs. withdrawal from the world ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
intrusion of evil into seclusion
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island as psychological space ⓘ |
| influenced | development of psychological adventure fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Axel Heyst
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Lena ⓘ Mr. Jones ⓘ Pedro ⓘ Ricardo ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Joseph Conrad bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonist | Axel Heyst ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| publisher | Methuen & Co. ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Indonesia ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Malay Archipelago ⓘ |
| settingType | remote island ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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detachment from society ⓘ existential despair ⓘ isolation ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ redemption ⓘ trust and betrayal ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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