Sea

Lord Jim

by Joseph Conrad

A young officer abandons a pilgrim ship he believes is sinking, and spends the rest of his life trying to recover from that one moment. Conrad’s Marlow tells the story in pieces, on verandas after dinner. It is a book about honour, and whether a single failure can ever be undone.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 8 hr 45 min

Where to find it

Tidebound Quay, on the night railway

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #5658. In the public domain in the United States.