Lord Jim: A Tale
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A landmark of modernist fiction, Lord Jim: A Tale chronicles the tortured journey of Jim, a young British merchant marine officer whose single act of cowardice — abandoning a sinking ship full of pilgrims — haunts him across the far reaches of the Eastern seas. Joseph Conrad constructs the narrative through the voice of the seasoned sailor Marlow, whose fragmented, retrospective storytelling mirrors the moral ambiguity at the heart of the tale, drawing readers into a profound meditation on guilt, honor, and the elusive nature of redemption. With unflinching psychological depth, the novel uncovers the gap between romantic self-idealization and the harsh reality of human fallibility, as Jim seeks to reinvent himself as a heroic leader in the remote Malay village of Patusan. Conrad's prose is dense, atmospheric, and richly symbolic, immersing the reader in a world where colonial frontiers serve as both physical and moral landscapes. Lord Jim stands as one of the most searching examinations of conscience in the English literary canon, as relevant and unsettling today as when it was first published in 1900.
Author: Joseph Conrad
Format: Paperback
Published: 1994, Penguin Books
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark of modernist fiction, Lord Jim: A Tale chronicles the tortured journey of Jim, a young British merchant marine officer whose single act of cowardice — abandoning a sinking ship full of pilgrims — haunts him across the far reaches of the Eastern seas. Joseph Conrad constructs the narrative through the voice of the seasoned sailor Marlow, whose fragmented, retrospective storytelling mirrors the moral ambiguity at the heart of the tale, drawing readers into a profound meditation on guilt, honor, and the elusive nature of redemption. With unflinching psychological depth, the novel uncovers the gap between romantic self-idealization and the harsh reality of human fallibility, as Jim seeks to reinvent himself as a heroic leader in the remote Malay village of Patusan. Conrad's prose is dense, atmospheric, and richly symbolic, immersing the reader in a world where colonial frontiers serve as both physical and moral landscapes. Lord Jim stands as one of the most searching examinations of conscience in the English literary canon, as relevant and unsettling today as when it was first published in 1900.