Lord JimCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Jul 13, 2009 - 204 pages True and Complete Edition: Lord Jim is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth. It is one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English. Lord Jim tells the powerful 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 a merchant ship. His life is ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. But, then he is befriended by an older man named Marlow who helps to establish him in exotic Patusan, a remote Malay settlement where his courage is put to the test once more. Set in the context of social change and colonial expansion in late Victorian England, it embodies in Jim the values and turmoil of a fading empire. A superb book that you will remember long after you read it. This is a book you promised yourself you would read. Enjoy. |