Lord Jim (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593081456 ISBN 13: 9781593081454

Publisher: Sterling Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RLord Jim&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RJoseph Conrad&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&R&&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R: &&LDIV&&R

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• Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/I&&Rpulls together a constellation of influences―biographical, historical, and literary―to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R &&L/P&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&RWith &&LI&&RLord Jim&&L/I&&R, first published in 1900, &&LB&&RJoseph Conrad&&L/B&&R transformed a tale of seafaring adventure into a subtle study of the meaning of honor and courage, loyalty and betrayal. When Jim, an idealistic merchant seaman and ship’s officer, abandons the supposedly sinking &&LI&&RPatna&&L/I&&R and its passengers, he dashes his youthful dreams of glory in a single stroke. Condemned in court for his impetuous act of cowardice, Jim relegates himself to a life roaming the Far East.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RUnforgettably told by Marlow, who also narrates Conrad’s &&LI&&RHeart of Darkness&&L/I&&R, the story of&&LI&&R&&L/I&&R Lord Jim plumbs the mysteries of a man renounced by society but driven by a desire for redemption.&&LBR&&R&&L/P&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R&&LSTRONG&&RA. Michael Matin&&L/B&&R&&L/B&&R is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has published articles on various twentieth-century British and postcolonial writers, and has written the introduction and notes for the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of &&LI&&RHeart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction&&L/I&&R by Joseph Conrad.&&L/P&&R&&L/DIV&&R

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Review:

This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character who reaches the status of a literary hero. A classic novel.

From the Publisher:

This book is in Electronic Paperback Format. If you view this book on any of the computer systems below, it will look like a book. Simple to run, no program to install. Just put the CD in your CDROM drive and start reading. The simple easy to use interface is child tested at pre-school levels.

Windows 3.11, Windows/95, Windows/98, OS/2 and MacIntosh and Linux with Windows Emulation.

Includes Quiet Vision's Dynamic Index. the abilty to build a index for any set of characters or words.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1593081456
• ISBN 13: 9781593081454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400