Lord Jim /
Joseph Conrad.
- Ware : Wordsworth Classics, 1993.
- 307 p. ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
This story is one of human frailty, conscience and the search for expiation of guilt, set against a maritime background in the Far East. It brings out Conrads's experiences as a master mariner prior to his becoming a writer. It is, above all, a tale of a quest for honour.