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Lord Jim

Lord Jim

by Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

BookID: 5658

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Psychological fictionAtonement -- FictionMerchant marine -- Officers -- FictionBritish -- Indonesia -- Fiction

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"Lord Jim" by Joseph Conrad is a novel originally published as a serial from 1899 to 1900. When young British seaman Jim abandons a distressed passenger ship with its crew, he faces public censure and loses his sailing certificate. Haunted by shame, Jim flees from port to port until finding refuge in a remote island village, where he becomes a respected leader called "Lord Jim." But when a dangerous marauder arrives, Jim's past and present collide with devastating consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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