num_pages: 437
description: Lord Jim is a classic story of one man's tragic failure and eventual redemption, told under the circumstances of high adventure at the margins of the known world which made Conrad's work so immediately popular. But it is also the book in which its author, through a brilliant adaptation of his stylistic apparatus to his obsessive moral, psychological and political concerns, laid the groundwork for the modern novel as we know it.With An Introduction By Norman SherryAn expert on the works of Joseph Conrad, Professor Norman Sherry is the author of Conrad's Eastern World, Conrad's Western World and Conrad and His World. He is also the editor of The Critical Heritage, and the official biographer of Graham Greene.(Book Jacket Not Jacketed)
language: English
title: Lord Jim
titlecomplete: Lord Jim
characters: Charles Marlow, Jim
genres: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, English Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 30487
places: Malaysia
publisher: Everyman's Library