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Although the novel comes late in Conrad's career, Victory shows many affinities with the earlier Malaysian novels, including Almayer's Folly (1895), An Outcast of the Islands (1896), and the brilliant and complex Lord Jim. Heyst's dream of a life of solitude on Samburan is reminiscent of Almayer's quixotic dream in Conrad's first published novel. At times, too, the romanticism of some of the description seems to recall early Malaysian stories like "The Lagoon" (1898).
The character of Schomberg appears in other Conrad stories, notably in a minor role...
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