A young Englishman branded as a coward seeks personal redemption for an act of selfishness An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit. This compact novel, completed in 1900, is at its baseline a book of the sea. Acknowledgements
vii
Chronology
viii
Introduction
xiii
Further Reading
xxxvii
A Note on the Texts
xl
Map: The Near and Far East, 1890s
xlv
Lord Jim
1(318)
Appendix: Author's Note (1917)
319(4)
Notes
323(25)
Glossary of Nautical Terms
348(5)
Glossary of Foreign Words and Phrases
353
