Lord Jim (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #71]

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

"I regard Conrad as one of the best writers of this century, and… one of the very few true novelists that England possesses." —George Orwell"I learned all I know of Literature from Conrad." —Ford Madox Ford"[Conrad’s] books are full of moments of vision. They light up a whole character in a flash… He could not write badly, one feels, to save is life." —Virginia Woolf“Lord Jim” tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman — as unflinching as a hero in a book — who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an eastern port. His life is ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. But, then he’s befriended by an older man named Marlow who helps to establish him in exotic Patusan, a remote Malay settlement where his courage is put to the test once more.“Lord Jim” is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth. It’s one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English. Set in the context of social change and colonial expansion in late Victorian England, it embodies in Jim the values and turmoil of a fading empire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788892559776
Publisher:	Angelo Pereira
Publication date:	02/27/2016
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Best known for his novella Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish–British author. Although not a native English speaker, Conrad came to be regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He revolutionized the English novel with books such as The Secret Agent, Nostromo, and Typhoon. Before publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895, Joseph Conrad spent almost 20 years working mostly at sea as a merchant sailor.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France