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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  # Table Of Contents
  
  
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  AUTHOR'S NOTE  
  PART FIRST -- THE SILVER OF THE MINE  
  CHAPTER ONE  
  CHAPTER TWO  
  CHAPTER THREE  
  [CHAPTER
  FOUR](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_001.html#filepos49988)  
  [CHAPTER
  FIVE](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_001.html#filepos70308)  
  [CHAPTER
  SIX](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_001.html#filepos87645)  
  [CHAPTER
  SEVEN](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_001.html#filepos162607)  
  [CHAPTER
  EIGHT](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_001.html#filepos178173)  
  [PART SECOND-- THE
  ISABELS](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_002.html#filepos243647)  
  [CHAPTER
  ONE](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_002.html#filepos243744)  
  [CHAPTER
  TWO](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_002.html#filepos259958)  
  [CHAPTER
  THREE](Nostromo_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20Seaboar_split_002.html#filepo