By: Joseph CONRAD (1857 - 1924)
A classic of early literary modernism, Lord
Jim tells the story of a young "simple and sensitive character" who
loses his honor in a display of cowardice at sea -- and of his expiation
of that sin against his own "shadowy ideal of conduct" on the remote
island of Patusan. The novel, written by Conrad for magazine
serialization during an intense and chaotic ten months in 1899 and 1900,
has, in the words of Thomas C. Moser, "the rare distinction of being a
masterpiece in two separate genres. It is at once an exotic adventure
story of the Eastern seas in the popular tradition of Kipling and
Stevenson and a complexly wrought 'art novel' in the tradition of
Flaubert and James. (summary by Stewart Wills)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction
Language: English
Running Time: 14:25:17
Zip file size: 405.6MB
Catalog date: 2007-01-01
Read by: Stewart Wills
Book Coordinator: Stewart Wills
Meta Coordinator: Kristin LeMoine
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