Lord Jim

"Lord Jim" by Joseph Conrad is a novel originally published as a serial from 1899 to 1900. When young British seaman Jim abandons a distressed passenger ship with its crew, he faces public censure and loses his sailing certificate. Haunted by shame, Jim flees from port to port until finding refuge in a remote island village, where he becomes a respected leader called "Lord Jim." But when a dangerous marauder arrives, Jim's past and present collide with devastating consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Originally issued 2006-01-09. Transcribed by Produced by Forrest Wasserman and David Widger. This work is in the public domain in the United States. Sourced from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5658).