real-life counterpart of Lord Jim, the incidents described in the novel. ‘A very clever and very alarming novel an almost heroic quality, a mythical truth. This Norton Critical Edition provides the most authoritative text of Lord Jim. Ive been wanting a copy of this book for a long time, my grandmother has one we always. With a coolness more effective than indignation shows the making of a psychopath.’ Sunday Times Vintage Collectible Lord Jim Joseph Conrad Easton Press Book. An often brilliantly interpretive work of fiction.

Seething with cruelty and darkness, this strange, compelling novel is as unforgettable as it is unnerving.

It reveals Brooke to be a daring writer long overdue for reappraisal, whose work has retained all its originality and power. The central irony in this book balances itself upon morality and guilt with a tragic result.Jims soul continued to torture itself for the betrayal he performed when he left the Patna to sink. When Dinah Brooke’s Lord Jim at Home was first published in 1973 it was described as ‘squalid and startling’, and ‘nastily horrific’ and ‘a monstrous parody’ of the upper-middle class. Lord Jim tests the basic worth of a man and the truth that lies within ones soul. Yet on his return from war, he finds himself adrift and one day – like the hero of Joseph Conrad’s classic Lord Jim – he commits an act so shocking that it calls his past, his character and his whole world into question. The camaraderie of life offer him some semblance of purpose and contentment. Always hoping to live up to his family’s expectations he joins the Navy on the outbreak of war. Wholly unloved, he is shipped off to one boarding school after another. Giles Trenchard is born into privilege – and an atmosphere of hidden violence and isolation. ‘If it weren’t such a pleasure to read, I’d say that Lord Jim at Home. Lord Jim is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth.

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