Lord Jim (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

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Honor, courage, loyalty, and betrayal at sea.

Lord Jim could be a good read for someone who enjoys stories about adventure and self-discovery. This book explores themes of honor, courage, loyalty, and betrayal in a unique and subtle manner, offering readers a thoughtful reflection on these timeless concepts. Joseph Conrad's masterful prose and the unforgettable character of Jim will keep you engaged and leave you pondering the meaning of redemption.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Lord Jim (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Regular price RM22.55 MYR
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per
ISBN: 9781593080846
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM75.96 MYR
Date of Publication: 2004-07-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Classics, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.62
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Lord Jim , by Joseph Conrad , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics   series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics : All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.   With Lord Jim , first published in 1900, Joseph Conrad transformed a tale of seafaring adventure into a subtle study of the meaning of honor and courage, loyalty and betrayal. When Jim, an idealistic merchant seaman and ship’s officer, abandons the supposedly sinking Patna and its passengers, he dashes his youthful dreams of glory in a single stroke. Condemned in court for his impetuous act of cowardice, Jim relegates himself to a life roaming the Far East.Unforgettably told by Marlow, who also narrates Conrad’s Heart of Darkness , the story of Lord Jim plumbs the mysteries of a man renounced by society but driven by a desire for redemption.A. Michael Matin is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has published articles on various twentieth-century British and postcolonial writers, and has written the introduction and notes for the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction by Joseph Conrad.
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Honor, courage, loyalty, and betrayal at sea.

Lord Jim could be a good read for someone who enjoys stories about adventure and self-discovery. This book explores themes of honor, courage, loyalty, and betrayal in a unique and subtle manner, offering readers a thoughtful reflection on these timeless concepts. Joseph Conrad's masterful prose and the unforgettable character of Jim will keep you engaged and leave you pondering the meaning of redemption.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.