Bibliograph

Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad

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Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lord Jim

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

by Joseph Conrad

Summary

Celebrated by many critics as one of the greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century, Lord Jim tells the story of a British seaman tried for dereliction of duty. Coming into the graces of a sympathetic sea captain, Jim escapes his checkered past on a remote island with several despondent native populations. Winning the love and respect of the disenfranchised locals, Jim discovers that second chances often come with opportunities for sacrifice and redemption

Target audience

adult

Classification