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Lord Jim

By Joseph Conrad
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Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad is a compelling tale of a young sailor named Jim who seeks redemption after a single moment of cowardice forever alters his life. The story delves into themes of honour, guilt, and the struggle for atonement as Jim attempts to rebuild his reputation and sense of self in a remote Malay settlement. As he confronts his past, the novel explores the complexities of human nature and moral integrity.
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This novel may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring themes of honour, guilt, and redemption set against the backdrop of maritime adventure. Joseph Conrad's rich storytelling and complex character development provide a deep, introspective journey into the human psyche, making it an intriguing read for fans of psychological and philosophical fiction.

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Lord Jim

An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit. This compact novel, completed in 1900, is at its baseline a book of the sea.

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Part of a series of new editions of Conrad's most famous novels in Black Classics.

This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character who reaches the status of a literary hero.

Lord Jim combines adventure with profound psychological insight, making it a timeless classic that continues to captivate readers with its exploration of courage, honour, and redemption.

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Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad is a profound exploration of guilt, redemption, and the complexities of human nature. Many reviews praise Conrad's masterful narrative style and depth of characterisation, particularly of the protagonist, Jim, whose internal struggle resonates deeply with readers. Critics often highlight the novel’s rich symbolism and themes of honour and disgrace, while also noting its immersive and atmospheric depiction of maritime life and colonial settings.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141441610

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 August 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by J. H. Stape
  • Introduction by Allan Simmons

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 292g

Pages: 400

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Fiction General Fiction Joseph Conrad Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. The following year he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924. Allan Simmons is Reader in English Literature at St Mary's College. He is the author of Joseph Conrad (2006) for Palgrave. J.H. Stape is the author of The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad (1996) and Conrad's Notes on Life and Letters (2004).

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