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"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 ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. But then he is befriended by an oldernman named Marlow who helps to establish him in exotic Patusan, a remote Malay settlement where his courage is put to the test once more."@en
"This is a novel about a man's lifelong efforts to atone for an act of instinctive cowardice. Young Jim, chief mate of the Patna, dreams of being a hero. When the Patna threatens to sink and the cowardly officers decide to save their own skins and escape in the few lifeboats, Jim despises them. But at the last moment, dazed by horror and confusion, he joins them, deserting the 800 Muslim passengers to apparent death. Tormented by this act of cowardice and desertion, Jim flees to the West. Living among the natives in Patusan, a remote trading post in the jungle, he is able to cease sacrificing himself on the altar of conscience. When he defends Patusan against the evil "Gentleman Brown," his efforts create order and well-being, thereby winning the respect and affection of the people for whom he becomes Tuan, or Lord Jim."@en
"As a young ship's officer, Jim is branded a coward when he deserts a ship he believes is sinking. Trying to atone for his cowardice, he becomes a hero when he saves the native people of an island from pirates. But his own nature leads to the one act of charity which leads to his own eventual fate."@en
"The story of a would-be hero who deserts what he thinks is a sinking ship. After that he is huanted by shame and the need to explain himself."
"Lord Jim may have been based in part on true events. Although Conrad never confirmed this assertion, similarities to real life events appear too strong to be dismissed as mere coincidence. The novel is in two main parts, firstly Jim's lapse aboard the Patna and his consequent fall, and secondly an adventure story about Jim's rise and the tale's denouement amongst the people of Patusan - set in the Indonesian archipelago."@en
"The story of a young, idealistic Englishman 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 ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. 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 - container."
"A merciless analysis of a man who, branded as a coward, finds himself regarded as a demigod by the Malay savages among whom he lives."@en
"A young Englishman branded as a coward seeks personal redemption for an act of selfishness."
"Dark psychological theme of the frustrations of a man who dreams of heroic acts but who is tragically tormented by secret fears."@en
"An English sailor, haunted by his act of cowardice and desertion, seeks redemption in the islands of the Far East."@en
"Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman 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 ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. 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."@en
"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 ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. 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. Lord Jim is about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth. It is one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English. 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."@en
"After abandoning a foundering ship full of people, guilt leads the ships first mate to settling in Malaya to work with the natives."@en
""Jim is a young and naive clerk on a cargo ship plying Asian waters. He harbors romantic fantasies of adventure and heroism that are promptly scuttled one night when the ship collides with an obstacle and begins to sink. Stripped of his seaman's license, convinced of his own cowardice, Jim sets out on a tragic and transcendent search for redemption"--Publisher's summary."@en
"After abandoning a foundering ship full of people and being branded a coward, guilt leads the ship's first mate, Jim, to settling in Malaya to work with the natives."@en
"This work set the style for a whole class of literature, a work that the critic Morton Dauwen Zabel calls an example of Conrad's "central theme ... the grip of circumstances that enforce self-discovery and its cognate, the discovery of reality and truth ..." It is a novel about a man's lifelong efforts to atone for an act of instinctive cowardice. The young Jim, chief mate of the Patna, dreams of being a hero. When the Patna threatens to sink and the cowardly officers decide to save their own skins and escape in the few lifeboats, Jim despises them. But at the last moment, dazed by horror and confusion, he joins them, deserting the passengers--eight hundred Muslim pilgrims--to apparent death. Tormented by this act of cowardice and desertion, Jim flees to the West. Living among the natives in Patusan, a remote trading post in the jungle, he is able to cease sacrificing himself on the altar of conscience. When he defends Patusan against the evil "Gentleman Brown," his efforts create order and well-being, thereby winning the respect and affection of the people for whom he becomes Tuan--or Lord Jim."@en
"The story of a would-be hero who deserts what he thinks is a sinking ship and thereafter is haunted by shame and the need to explain himself."@en
"When Bubbles' dream weekend with jetsetting photographer Steve Stiletto is interrupted by a wild ride down an abandoned mine shaft in a runaway coal car, it isn't long before she's discovered a dead body and found herself in the midst of a high-powered conspiracy. In other words, Bubbles is at it again."@en
"Story about a man's lifelong efforts to atone for an act of instinctive cowardice."
"Het geweten van een Engelse zeeofficier wordt zwaar op de proef gesteld wanneer blijkt dat op een zinkend schip met achthonderd pelgrims niet genoeg plaats is in de reddingsboten."
"Young Jim, chief mate of the Patna, dreams of being a hero. When the Patna threatens to sink and the cowardly officers decide to save their own skins and escape in the few lifeboats, Jim despises them. But at the last moment, dazed by horror and confusion, he joins them, deserting the 800 Muslim passengers to apparent death. Tormented by this act of cowardice and desertion, Jim flees to the West. Living among the natives in Patusan, a remote trading post in the jungle, he is able to cease sacrificing himself on the altar of conscience. When he defends Patusan against the evil "Gentleman Brown," his efforts create order and well-being, thereby winning the respect and affection of the people for whom he becomes Tuan, or Lord Jim."
"Jim is a young man who has chosen a career with the Merchant Marines. Early on he is tested by the sea and found wanting. His ship founders on the high seas and sinks. Disregarding the passengers, Jim, and the rest of the crew manage to escape in lifeboats. The passengers die with the ship. Haunted by his one act of cowardice Jim wanders from port to port in search of self-respect. He manages to redeem himself and earn the title of Lord Jim in a dangerous and exciting fashion."
"Joseph Conrad's classic novel about a man's lifelong efforts to atone for an act of instinctive cowardice set the style for a whole class of literature."
"The young Jim is the chief mate of the Patna who dreams of being a hero. When the Patna threatens to sink and the cowardly officers decide to save their own skins and escape in the few lifeboats, Jim despises them, but at the last moment, dazed by the horror and confusion of the moment, he joins them, deserting their passengers, eight hundred Muslim pilgrims, to apparently certain death. Tormented by this act of cowardice and desertion, he flees to the west, a wandering outcast. Finally, living among the natives in Patusan, a remote trading post in the jungle, he is able to cease sacrificing himself on the altar of conscience."
"The title character is a man haunted by guilt over an act of cowardice. He becomes an agent at an isolated East Indian trading post. There his feelings of inadequacy and responsibility are played out to their logical and inevitable end."@en
"Jim who has been branded as a coward for abandoning a sinking ship, earns the respect of the Malay people."@en

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"History"
"Sound recordings"@en
"Adventure fiction"@en
"Downloadable audio books"
"Downloadable audio books"@en
"Mystery fiction"@en
"Didactic fiction"@en
"Audiobooks"@en
"Audiobooks"
"Powieść angielska"@pl
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Compact discs"@en
"Psychological fiction"@en
"Adventure stories"@en
"Sea stories"
"Sea stories"@en

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"Lord Jim a tale"
"Lord Jim [electronic resource]"@en
"Lord Jim [Polish edition]"
"Lord Jim"@en
"Lord Jim"
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"Bubbles ablaze [electronic resource]"@en
"Lord Jim [talking book]"
"Lord jim"
"Lord Jim Lesung"
"Bubbles ablaze"@en

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