Lord Jim
Critique • Quotes
First edition, 1900First publication
1900
Literary form
Novel
Genre
Literary
Writing language
English
Author's country
England
Length
Approx. 155,000 words
Notable lines
He was an inch, perhaps two, under six feet, powerfully built, and he advanced straight at you with a slight stoop of the shoulders, head forward, and a fixed from-under stare which made you think of a charging bull.
— First line
They wanted facts. Facts! They demanded facts from him, as if facts could explain anything!
There is a weird power in a spoken word.
It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge.
Youth is insolent ; it is its right—its necessity; it has got to assert itself, and all assertion in this world of doubts is a defiance, is an insolence.
'He feels it himself, and says often that he is "preparing to leave all this; preparing to leave..." while he waves his hand sadly at his butterflies.'
— Last line
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