Lord Jim
British novelist, 1857–1924.
Lord Jim is an 1899 novel by Joseph Conrad.
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- First published
- Serialised 1899–1900
- Length
- 400 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Empire and colonialism, Adventure, Psychological
Is Lord Jim worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and 100 books of the century (Le Monde).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 85 | See the list |
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 75 | See the list |
Best edition of Lord Jim
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2007), 400 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2007)
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780141441610
How critics and readers rate Lord Jim
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 18% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Lord Jim
If you liked Lord Jim, try Heart of Darkness, Nostromo or Middlemarch.
