Showing results for title "Lord Jim", by author "Joseph Conrad" in Arts & Entertainment

Often overlooked as a love story, Lord Jim intricately explores the profound bond between Marlow, an experienced sea captain, and Jim, a young sailor grappling with deep personal turmoil. After committing an act of cowardice that leads to his public disgrace, Jim embarks on a journey to reclaim his self-worth, intertwined with the fate of a jungle community. Narrated by Marlow, whose paternal guidance reflects a deep concern for Jims moral evolution, this tale offers a rich exploration of redemption and the complexities of human relationships. Notably, the fictional SS Patnas story is inspired...

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 ...