Lord Jim

Delivered in 24 to 36hrs
‘To the white men in the waterside business and to the captain of ships he was just Jim – nothing more. He had, of course, another name, but he was anxious that it should not be pronounced.’ 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. His life is blighted: an isolated scandal assumes horrifying proportions. A