Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad
Taste attributes: dramaadventurehistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalself destruction/implosionempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeExpect an expansive, inventive novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life.
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- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- Published
- 1899
- Pages
- 360
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- Open Library
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