Lord Jim Book Review
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, 1900 Jim, a British seaman, ships aboard the Patna, taking 800 pilgrims to Mecca. When the ship rams a derelict and is holed, Jim and the other officers abandon ship, leaving the passengers to the mercy of the sea. But the ship is rescued and towed to port and the officers brought to trial. At the trial, Jim meets Marlow and tells his story. He reveals that he refused to leave the boat, or help those abandoning it, but tripped during a swell and stumbled into a departing lifeboat....