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Lord Jim (Oxford World's Classics)
Joseph Conrad
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Description for Lord Jim (Oxford World's Classics)
Paperback. A clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
'To the white men in the waterside business and to the captain of ships he was just Jim - nothing more. He had, of course, another name, but he was anxious that it should not be pronounced.' Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman - 'as unflinching as a hero in a book' - who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an Eastern port. His life is blighted: an isolated scandal assumes horrifying proportions. An older man, Marlow, befriends Jim, and helps to ... Read more
'To the white men in the waterside business and to the captain of ships he was just Jim - nothing more. He had, of course, another name, but he was anxious that it should not be pronounced.' Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman - 'as unflinching as a hero in a book' - who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an Eastern port. His life is blighted: an isolated scandal assumes horrifying proportions. An older man, Marlow, befriends Jim, and helps to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192840677
SKU
KRF0004564
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Ref
99-1
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