Victory

By: Joseph Conrad

Narrated by: George Guidall

From one of the greatest modern writers in world literature comes a magnificent story of love, adventure, and rescue, played out against the shimmering South Seas. Alone on a tropical island, a Swedish baron and a beautiful violinist discover the long-lost joys of love. But when two treasure hunters arrive on the beach, the lovers know that evil has invaded their romantic paradise—an evil they are powerless to stop.

Victory is a timeless classic that showcases the probing psychological insight, the masterful drama, and the breathtaking atmosphere that have won Joseph Conrad generations of fans.

Public Domain (P)1995 Recorded Books, LLC

Beautiful, sad and powerful

"I had, in a moment of inadvertence, created for myself a tie. How to define it precisely I don't know. One gets attached in a way to people one has done something for. But is that friendship? I am not sure what it was. I only know that he who forms a tie is lost. The germ of corruption has entered into his soul."

The more Conrad I read/listen to, the more I love Conrad. Victory is a not just your standard story about good v. evil, West v. East, innocence and savagery. It is about being an actor in life and love and not just an observer. It is beautiful, sad and powerful.

If it wasn’t an audio book, this would be a boring read

Great performance by the narrator. Story was good and insightfully philosophical however the pacing was slow, the climax mild. But not a regrettable experience.

Fiercely boring.

Sez it all… great narration, though. To be read as a historical artifact, or sleep aid.

Conrad's Masterful Storytelling...

shines through again in this intriguing and romantic Elizabethan style tale of love and revenge. We see some of the psychological elements again in this story for which Conrad is so well known, but more in the subtle Shakespearean sense rather than the more obvious symbolism used in Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer. Conrad is always reliable and this stands as one of his great novels.

Enthralling tale

Very witty description of setting and characters in the beginning. I found the middle section a bit long stretched, but in the end it is clear that it is setting up a quit interesting set of confrontations and communications.
The narrator is outstanding, clear and characterful.