Lord Jim
A Fiction, Literature, Adventure book. Men act badly sometimes without being much worse than others, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
This immortal novel of the sea tells the story of a British sailor haunted by a single youthful act of cowardly betrayal. To the white men in Bombay, Calcutta, and Rangoon, Jim is a man of mystery. To the primitive natives deep in the Malayan jungle, he is a god gifted with supernatural powers. To the beautiful half-caste girl who flees to his hut for protection, he is a lord to be feared and loved. Lord Jim--Conrad's classic portrait of a man's guilt, his search for forgiveness, and his final, tragic redemption--is a work of enduring value and one of the world's great masterpieces.Contains Joseph Conrad's 1917 Author's Note.
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- Pages: 336 pages
- ISBN: 9780553213614 / 0
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Men act badly sometimes without being much worse than others, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends. Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
So much to say about this novel. One one hand it's an adventure tale, but on the other it's a harbinger of the modern novel, told from various points of view, creating an almost cubist vision of one man's struggle with guilt and morality. The prose is beautiful and the characters fascinating, every one of them plagued by their own inner... This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I generally only bother to review books I enjoyed- especially since I'm not bothering much to go back to review those I read quite some time ago. Lord Jim requires a review.Why did I loathe this book so much... I was an English major in college. I have... If you are a serious student of Conrad, you must read Typhoon, Heart of Darkness, and Lord Jim. After reading Lord Jim, a comparison with Heart of Darkness is unavoidable. The two books were published a year apart; Conrad began Lord Jim first, put it down to write and publish HOD, and then finished the expanded Lord Jim. Much of the...
