Lord Jim
- 360
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- Film 1965 +1
- On screen
- Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
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Our view
“Lord Jim” is a profound study of guilt and the hunger for redemption, built around one failure of nerve at sea. Jim, a young British seaman, abandons a passenger ship in distress along with the rest of its crew, and spends his life trying to live down the disgrace. Readers often find it heavy going, with dense prose and a roundabout way of telling; some feel well rewarded for persisting, others find it simply tedious.
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About the book
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, including a young British seaman named Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with himself and his past and seeking redemption and acceptance.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 1925 to 1965.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 67 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 14 | 21% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 53 | 79% |
Frequently asked
How long is Lord Jim?
It has 360 pages — longer than 77% of the ranked books in Classics.
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