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- Published: 24 April 1992
- ISBN: 9781857150650
- Imprint: Everyman
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $37.99
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Lord Jim
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The classic story of morality and redemption from the author of Heart of Darkness
With this book, Joseph Conrad set the style for a whole new class of literature: the novel of civilization's outcast finding refuge in the tropics. The natives of Patusan in the Far East worship the bold young Englishman by the name of Lord Jim, but he despises himself. Ever since he committed an impulsive act of cowardice, Jim has been tortured by his conscience, and he has outrun scandal only by moving farther and farther east. It is there, in remote Patusan, that he finds the will to cease sacrificing himself on the altar of conscience, become part of life again, and follow his star to the end, wherever it might lead...
- Published: 24 April 1992
- ISBN: 9781857150650
- Imprint: Everyman
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $37.99
Categories:
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