Lord Jim
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45
Themes
All Themes Fantasy vs. Reality Justice and Duty Racism and Colonialism Truth and Perspective
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Characters
All Characters Jim Marlow Doramin Dain Waris Stein Gentleman Brown Jewel Rajah Allang Cornelius The Skipper Tamb’ Itam Sherif Ali Brierly George The Privileged Reader The French Lieutenant Chester The two engineers
Symbols
All Symbols The Patna Patusan Butterflies
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Frame Story Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Verbal Irony
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Lord Jim

by

Joseph Conrad

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
  • Chapter 20
  • Chapter 21
  • Chapter 22
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 24
  • Chapter 25
  • Chapter 26
  • Chapter 27
  • Chapter 28
  • Chapter 29
  • Chapter 30
  • Chapter 31
  • Chapter 32
  • Chapter 33
  • Chapter 34
  • Chapter 35
  • Chapter 36
  • Chapter 37
  • Chapter 38
  • Chapter 39
  • Chapter 40
  • Chapter 41
  • Chapter 42
  • Chapter 43
  • Chapter 44
  • Chapter 45
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Fantasy vs. Reality Theme Icon
    Fantasy vs. Reality
  • Justice and Duty Theme Icon
    Justice and Duty
  • Racism and Colonialism Theme Icon
    Racism and Colonialism
  • Truth and Perspective  Theme Icon
    Truth and Perspective
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Jim
  • Marlow
  • Doramin
  • Dain Waris
  • Stein
  • Gentleman Brown
  • Jewel
  • Rajah Allang
  • Cornelius
  • The Skipper
  • Tamb’ Itam
  • Sherif Ali
  • Brierly
  • George
  • The Privileged Reader
  • The French Lieutenant
  • Chester
  • The two engineers
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • The Patna Symbol Icon
    The Patna
  • Patusan Symbol Icon
    Patusan
  • Butterflies Symbol Icon
    Butterflies
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Alliteration
  • Allusions
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Foil
  • Foreshadowing
  • Frame Story
  • Genre
  • Hyperbole
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Situational Irony
  • Style
  • Tone
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Verbal Irony
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