![]() Set in the context of social change and colonial expansion in late Victorian England, it embodies in Jim the values and turmoil of a fading empire. It is one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English. Lord Jim is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth. ![]() But, then he is befriended by an older man named Marlow who helps to establish him in exotic Patusan, a remote Malay settlement where his courage is put to the test once more. ![]() His life is ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman-"as unflinching as a hero in a book"-who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an eastern port. ![]()
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