Nostromo and Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad
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Nostromo and Lord Jim Summary
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Originally published in 1900, Lord Jim is one of Joseph Conrad's most complex literary masterpieces. The story of a young sailor whose moment of cowardice haunts him for the rest of his life, Lord Jim explores Conrad's lifelong obsessions with the nature of guilt and the possibility of redemption. Nostromo is considered by many to be Conrad's supreme achievement, and Conrad himself referred to Nostromo as his "widest canvas." Set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana, Nostromo reveals the effects that misguided idealism, unparalleled greed, and imperialist interests can have on a fledging nation.
"Never were Mr. Conrad's felicity of phrase and charm of atmosphere more obvious... A book of the rare literary quality of Lord Jim is something to receive with gratitude and joy." THE NEW YORK TIMES "Nostromo is the most strikingly modern of Conrad's novels. It is pervaded by a profound, even morbid sense of insecurity which is the very spirit of our age."
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