Victory (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915, through which Conrad achieved &quot;popular success.&quot;The New York Times, however, called it &quot;an uneven book&quot; and &quot;more open to criticism than most of Mr. Conrad&#39;s best work.<br /><br />The novel&#39;s &quot;most striking formal characteristic is its shifting narrative and temporal perspective 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.<br /><br />It has been adapted into film a number of times