Lord Jim

12 hrs. 1 min.

Language Russian

Author Joseph Conrad

Narrator Alexander Nadeev

Description

Escaping an imposed marriage, he fled to the ends of the world and became a legend to those around him—yet he still couldn’t justify himself in his own eyes. When pirates attack his new place of refuge, Lord Jim must make a choice: protect the people and admit his past, or flee again—this time from himself.

On his second voyage, a young English navigator who had just barely earned his license, by the will of circumstances, committed a serious professional wrong that could have ended in the death of passengers. Then came the court, public disgrace, rejection, and a de facto expulsion from the world he was used to.

Like many before him, an outcast by civilization was accepted by the East. In the Malayan jungle, on the Patusan River, he found a new home, loved ones, friends, and recognition; the locals called him Lord Jim. But an attack by pirates led by the calculating and merciless Captain Brown forces him into a painful moral test.

“Lord Jim” is one of Joseph Conrad’s most powerful novels: with rare psychological precision, it creates an image of a romantic adventurer capable of deep inner work, doubt, and heavy experiences. Translation by V. Bakanov, 2021. In Russian: AST Publishers, 2022.