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  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141974224
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

Lord Jim




The new paperback series: Penguin English Library

'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.

  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141974224
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

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