As the story of Jim unfolds through fragmentary accounts, Jerrom’s performance makes listeners feel they’re part of Marlow’s audience. If it werent such a pleasure to read, Id say that Lord Jim at Home. Aside from Marlow, Jerrom skilfully produces a variety of accents for Conrad’s multicultural cast. During a storm, the crew flees, and Jim goes with them, leaving the passengers. Jerrom captures Marlow’s voice with a melodic cadence and a cheerful tone. Lord Jim, published in 1900, initially began as a short story based on a real incident involving a steamship called Jeddah, which carried Muslim pilgrims from Singapore to Mecca. Lord Jim Book Summary Book Summary We are introduced to Jim (later, Lord Jim) at a time when he was working as a water-clerk for a ship-chandler firm in the Far East. Young merchant seaman Jim (Peter OToole) signs onto a ship bound for Mecca. For most of the story, Conrad’s famous narrator, Marlow, recounts his perspective of the case in the manner of a modern bard. First published in 1899, his haunting novel Lord Jim is both a riveting sea adventure and a fascinating portrait of a unique outcast from civilization. Narrator Ric Jerrom’s masterful approach to characterisation suits this work perfectly. It’s a novel whose narrative structure is as elusive as the background of its central character. Titles by Joseph Conrad Titles by Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness (unabridged) Lord Jim (unabridged) Nostromo (abridged) Nostromo (unabridged) The Secret Agent (unabridged) The Shadow-Line (unabridged) Wieland (unabridged) Youth & Heart of Darkness (abridged) ReviewsĬonrad’s Lord Jim pieces together the events of a shipping disaster.

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