title: Lord Jim & Nostromo (Modern Library (Paperback))
author:  Joseph Conrad 
description: NTRODUCTION BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN<br />COMMENTARY BY VIRGINIA WOOLF, HAROLD BLOOM, EDWARD SAID,<br />F. R. LEAVIS, AND ROBERT PENN WARREN<br /><br />"Never were Mr. Conrad's felicity of phrase and charm of atmosphere more obvious. . . . A book of the rare literary quality of Lord Jim is something to receive with gratitude and joy."--The New York Times<br /><br />Originally published in 1900, Lord Jim is one of Joseph Conrad's most complex literary masterpieces. The story of a young sailor whose moment of cowardice haunts him for the rest of his life, Lord Jim explores Conrad's lifelong obsessions with the nature of guilt and the possibility of redemption.<br />Nostromo is considered by many to be Conrad's supreme achievement, and Conrad himself referred to Nostromo as his "widest canvas." Set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana, Nostromo reveals the effects that
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  # Lord Jim
  
  
  
  
  
  _Joseph Conrad_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  First Published 1899  
    
  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
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  Published in the United States by 1873 Press, New York.  
    
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  ISBN 0-594-05299-8
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To
  
  
  Mr. and Mrs. G. F. W. Hope
  
  
  With Grateful Affection  
  After Many Years  
  Of Friendship
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
    
  [Author's Note](Author%27s%20Note.htm)  
  [Introduction](Introduction.htm)  
  [Chapter 1](Chapter%201.htm)  
  [Chapter 2](Chapter%202.htm)  
  [Chapter 3](Chapter%203.htm)  
  [Chapter 4](Chapter%204.htm)  
  [Chapter 5](Chapter%205.htm)  
  [Chapter 6](Chapter%206.htm)  
  [Chapter 7](Chapter%207.htm)  
  [Chapter 8](Chapter%208.htm)  
  [Chapter 9](Chapter%209.htm)  
  [Chapter 10](Chapter%2010.htm)  
  [Chapter 11](