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**_ ****
  
    
  
  **Lord Jim**
  
  _Joseph Conrad_
  
    
    
    
  
  ******1873 Press** ****
  
    
    
  
  First Published 1899  
    
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  Conventions.  
  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_  
  _Introduction_  
  _Chapter 1_  
  _Chapter 2_  
  _Chapter 3_  
  _Chapter 4_  
  _Chapter 5_  
  _Chapter 6_  
  _Chapter 7_  
  _Chapter 8_  
  _Chapter 9_  
  _Chapter 10_  
  _Chapter 11_  
  _Chapter 12_  
  _Chapter 13_  
  _Chapter 14_  
  _Chapter 15_  
  _Chapter 16_  
  _Chapter 17_  
  _Chapter 18_  
  _Chapter 19_  
  _Chapter 20_  
  _Chapter 21_  
  _Chapter 22_  
  _Chapter 23_  
  _Chapter 24_  
  _Chapter 25_  
  _Chapter 26_  
  _Chapter 27_  
  _Chapt