# Victory: An Island Tale

An audiobook by Joseph Conrad, read by LibriVox volunteers (13 h 51 min, English).

Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific. After retreating from society in response to his professional failures, the misanthrope is drawn back by a romantic affair. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)

[Listen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/4422)
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