Lord Jim

Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine in serial form, Lord Jim is a unique portrait of Jim and the man who attempts to recount his life, Marlow. Jim is a dreamer who goes to sea, hoping one day to become a hero. His chance finally comes aboard a seriously leaking ship filled with Muslim pilgrims travelling to Mecca. At the official inquiry into the events that transpired aboard the Patna, Jim meets Marlow. Economic and racial versions of colonialism come into play continually through Lord Jim, which is the first of Conrad's major novels.