Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
Lord Jim / Joseph Conrad ; Clare West retold - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 - 104 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Oxford bookworms library, Stage 4 (1400 headwords), Classics. . - Graded reader .
Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an eastern port. His life is blighted; an isolated scandal assumes horrifying proportions. An older man, Marlow, befriends Jim, and helps to establish him in Patusan, a remote Malay settlement. There he achieves a kind of peace, but his courage is put to the test once more. Word count 19,160
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Lord Jim / Joseph Conrad ; Clare West retold - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 - 104 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Oxford bookworms library, Stage 4 (1400 headwords), Classics. . - Graded reader .
Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an eastern port. His life is blighted; an isolated scandal assumes horrifying proportions. An older man, Marlow, befriends Jim, and helps to establish him in Patusan, a remote Malay settlement. There he achieves a kind of peace, but his courage is put to the test once more. Word count 19,160
9780194791762
English language
High interest-low vocabulary books
Readers (Adult)
Reading comprehension
Seafaring life
Southeast Asia
Đọc hiểu Ngôn ngữ Sách tập đọc Tiếng Anh Tiểu thuyết Từ vựng Văn học Anh
823.912 / CON
