| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Victory (novel) ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Victory (novel)
''Victory'' (also published as ''Victory: An Island Tale'') is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915, through which Conrad achieved "popular success." The ''New York Times'', however, called it "an uneven book" and "more open to criticism than most of Mr. Conrad's best work."〔(New York Times ) March 28, 1915〕
The novel's "most striking formal characteristic is its shifting narrative and temporal perspective"〔( A Joseph Conrad companion ) By Leonard Orr, Theodore Billy p. 233〕 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.〔(A Joseph Conrad companion ) By Leonard Orr, Theodore Billy p. 233-4〕
It has been adapted into film a number of times.
==Plot==
Through a business misadventure, the European Axel Heyst ends up living on an island in what is now Indonesia, with a Chinese assistant Wang. Heyst visits a nearby island when a female band is playing at a hotel owned by Mr. Schomberg. Schomberg attempts to force himself sexually on one of the band members, Alma, later called Lena. She flees with Heyst back to his island and they become lovers. Schomberg seeks revenge by attempting to frame Heyst for the "murder" of a man who had died of natural causes and later by sending three desperadoes (Pedro, Martin Ricardo and Mr. Jones) to Heyst's island with a lie about treasure hidden on the island. The three die (Wang kills one) but Lena dies as well and Axel is overcome with grief and commits suicide.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Victory (novel)」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|