Oxford World's Classics Lord Jim, (Paperback)

from Niecierpek

A retro read. It was one of the most thought provoking and influential books of my youth. On human nature, nature of honour, romantic dreams, and how we don't know what fabric we are made of until we are tried. Still very good, even though some episodes could have been shorter.

from KendraRenee

I really like Joseph Conrad's writing style; English is his third language and yet his vocabulary constantly outstrips my own. He describes people and events in a very unique manner, as some other reviewers on here have already mentioned. It's fascinating to experience.. With that said, Lord Jim ...

from laytonwoman3rd

As in Heart of Darkness and some of his short fiction, Conrad has a man named Marlow narrate the story to a group of contemporaries. Here we learn of Jim, an earnest and able young seaman who, at least in his own eyes, betrays the moral code he was born under, and spends the rest of his life tryi...

from browner56

A young man, raised in a good family with good values, views himself as a fundamentally good person. He settles on a career at sea where his confidence, courage, and commitment help him quickly rise through the ranks to a position of considerable prestige and responsibility. On an ill-fated voyag...

from TadAD

I managed to fake my way through a superficial reading of this book in a high school Humanities class, unwilling to deal with the dense writing style. Shifting points of view that are largely un-signaled, conversations nested within conversations, sentences occupying the better part of a page, an...