Lord Jim

Name: Lord Jim
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Joseph Conrad
ISBN: 9781601360472

Author: Joseph Conrad

Narrator: Simon McCorkindale

Abridged: 2 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Audio Holdings

Published: 01/01/2009

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Jim is a young and naive clerk on a cargo ship plying Asian waters. He harbors romantic fantasies of adventure and heroism which are promptly scuttled one night when the ship collides with an obstacle and begins to sink. Stripped of his seaman's license, convinced of his own cowardice, Jim sets out on a tragic and transcendent search for redemption.

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Goodreads review by Vit

Since antiquity, seafaring is covered with mists of mystery – from The Odyssey to Moby-Dick or, the Whale – perils and wonders of the sea, unknown distant shores, bountiful climes. A seafaring novel Lord Jim is an array of colourful types but first of all it is a profound psychological tale of person......more

Goodreads review by Henry

Jim, no other name is given except the rather pretentious one of Lord, which he acquires later on. A son of an English clergyman, who seeks adventure, among other things at sea. And becomes the first mate of the rusty, old, local steamer Patna at the age of 23. Going from port to port, mostly in the......more