Lord Jim

English language

Published April 13, 2021 by Standard Ebooks.

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Lord Jim was first published as a serial in Blackwood’s Magazine between October 1899 and November 1900. The first edition of the complete book was published by William Blackwood and Sons in 1900. The story begins when the young British seaman Jim, one of the crew of the steamer Patna, abandons the ship while it’s in distress. The resulting censure prevents Jim from finding stable employment, until a captain named Marlow suggests he find his future in Patusan, a small village on a remote island in the South Seas. There he’s able to earn the respect of the islanders and is dubbed “Lord Jim.”

        <p>The abandoning of the <i>Patna</i> by its crew is said to have been based on the real-life abandoning of the S.S. <i>Jeddah</i> in 1880. <i>Lord Jim</i> explores issues of colonialism, dreams of heroism, guilt, failure, and redemption. The book is remarkable for its unusual nested …

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Subjects

  • Psychological fiction
  • Atonement -- Fiction
  • Merchant marine -- Officers -- Fiction
  • British -- Indonesia -- Fiction
  • Cowardice -- Fiction
  • Indonesia -- Fiction