Lord Jim: A Quick Read edition
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This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.
- Reading time of the complete text: about 12 hours
- Reading time of the summarized text: 36 minutes
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad that follows the story of a young British seaman named Jim. After abandoning a passenger ship in distress, Jim is publicly censured and seeks redemption and acceptance. He finds work as a ship chandler's clerk in the East Indies but constantly leaves when the memory of the incident catches up with him. Eventually, Jim settles in the fictional town of Patusan, where he earns the respect of the locals and falls in love with a woman named Jewel. However, tragedy strikes when a marauding captain arrives, leading to the death of Jim's friend and ultimately Jim's own execution. The novel explores themes of potential, redemption, and personal responsibility. Lord Jim is considered one of Conrad's most romantic and structurally sophisticated works. It has been ranked as one of the best English-language novels of the 20th century and has been adapted into various forms, including comics and films.
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This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.
- Reading time of the complete text: about 12 hours
- Reading time of the summarized text: 36 minutes
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad that follows the story of a young British seaman named Jim. After abandoning a passenger ship in distress, Jim is publicly censured and seeks redemption and acceptance. He finds work as a ship chandler's clerk in the East Indies but constantly leaves when the memory of the incident catches up with him. Eventually, Jim settles in the fictional town of Patusan, where he earns the respect of the locals and falls in love with a woman named Jewel. However, tragedy strikes when a marauding captain arrives, leading to the death of Jim's friend and ultimately Jim's own execution. The novel explores themes of potential, redemption, and personal responsibility. Lord Jim is considered one of Conrad's most romantic and structurally sophisticated works. It has been ranked as one of the best English-language novels of the 20th century and has been adapted into various forms, including comics and films.
Joseph Conrad
**Joseph Conrad** (1857–1924), de son vrai nom Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, est un écrivain polonais naturalisé britannique, considéré comme l'un des plus grands romanciers de langue anglaise. Né en Ukraine dans une famille de la noblesse polonaise engagée dans la lutte pour l'indépendance, il devient orphelin très jeune et se tourne vers la mer à 17 ans. Après vingt ans de carrière maritime, il se consacre à l'écriture et publie *Szaleństwo Almayera* en 1895, son premier roman, inspiré par ses voyages en Asie du Sud-Est. Son œuvre, marquée par des thèmes comme l'exil, la quête d'identité et les conflits moraux, explore souvent les tensions entre cultures et les limites de la condition humaine.
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