Lord Jim
First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth cuntury. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. İts themes also challenge the conventions of mineteenth – century adventure fiction, confirming Conrad's place in literature as one of the first 'modernists " of English letters.
Lord Jim explores the dilemmas of conscience, of moral isolation, of loyalty and betrayal confronting a sensitive individual whose romantic quest for an honourable ideal are tested to the limit. In this novel, Conrad draws on his background as Polish emigre , as well as his first-hand experiencesas a seaman, to experiment radically with the presentation of human frailty and doubt in the modern world.
First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth cuntury. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. İts themes also challenge the conventions of mineteenth – century adventure fiction, confirming Conrad's place in literature as one of the first 'modernists " of English letters.
Lord Jim explores the dilemmas of conscience, of moral isolation, of loyalty and betrayal confronting a sensitive individual whose romantic quest for an honourable ideal are tested to the limit. In this novel, Conrad draws on his background as Polish emigre , as well as his first-hand experiencesas a seaman, to experiment radically with the presentation of human frailty and doubt in the modern world.
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