Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
A Tale
The novel revolves around a young, idealistic British seaman, who commits a crime of cowardice at sea. He abandons his ship, leaving hundreds of passengers to their fate. He is publicly censured for this act and spends the rest of his life in shameful obscurity in the South Seas, trying to repress the guilt of his past and regain his lost honor. His quest for redemption leads him to a remote island where he gets a chance to prove his courage, but his tragic flaw ultimately leads to his downfall.
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- Published
- 1900
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 300-500
- Original Language
- English
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- 29th on Kanon na koniec wieku (Canon at the end of the century) (Rzeczpospolita (newspaper))
- 30th on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 32nd on Edmonton's Top 100 (Edmonton Journal)
- 53rd on Choosing the Century's(20th) Favorite Books(1924) (The Literary Digest)
- 58th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 65th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 75th on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (Le Monde)
- 82nd on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
- 85th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 86th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 91st on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
- 510th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- Books that Shaped the Century (LOGOS 20th Century Books Project)
- Fifty French Writers Choose Their Favorite 10 Books - Honourable Mention (On en garde 10 ! Pour la littérature)
- For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Reading List (Thomas C. Foster)
- One Hundred Best Books (1916) (John Cowper Powys)
- The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
- The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
- The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)
- William H. F. Lamont’s 100 Best Novels (1947) (archive.org)