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Lord Jim : a tale / Joseph Conrad.

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ISBN	9780141199054 (paperback)
ISBN	0141199059 (paperback)
Name	Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 author.
Title	Lord Jim : a tale / Joseph Conrad.
Published	London : Penguin, 2012.
Description	367 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Summary	'A murmur of dismay and horror ran through the crowd at the sight of that familiar token. The old nakhoda stared at it, and suddenly let out one great fierce cry, deep from the chest, a roar of pain and fury, as mighty as the bellow of a wounded bull, bringing great fear into men's hearts, by the magnitude of his anger and his sorrow'. Jim, first mate on board the Patna, is a simple and sensitive young man who dreams of becoming a hero. But when the Patna threatens to sink, Jim takes the cowardly way out and jumps clear. His unbearable guilt and shame at having violated the unwritten moral code of the sea lead him to become an exile in a remote Malay state. There he fashions a new identity for himself as the benevolent ruler of an exotic land - until his idyll is interrupted. Rich, moving and delicately crafted, "Lord Jim" is a compelling meditation on identity, guilt and lost honour.
Subjects	Seafaring life -- Indonesia -- Fiction
Genre	Sea stories
Series	Penguin English Library
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Sea stories . Seafaring life -- Indonesia -- Fiction . See Also: Adventure stories . Authors: Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 . Series: Penguin English Library .