Adventure

Lord Jim

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  • 1900 first published
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Lord Jim is a 1900 adventure fiction novel by Joseph Conrad.

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About Lord Jim

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)
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Who wrote Lord Jim?

Lord Jim was written by Joseph Conrad and first published in 1900.

What genre is Lord Jim?

It is usually shelved as Adventure.

Is there a free audiobook of Lord Jim?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 14 h 25 min.

What books are similar to Lord Jim?

Readers who like it often enjoy Dracula, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Time Machine.

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