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1) Lord Jim
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
The eponymous Jim is a young, good-looking, genial, and naive water-clerk on the Patna, a cargo ship plying Asian waters. He is, we are told, "the kind of fellow you would, on the strength of his looks, leave in charge of the deck." He also harbors romantic fantasies of adventure and heroism--which are promptly scuttled one night when the ship collides with an obstacle and begins to sink. Acting on impulse, Jim jumps overboard and lands in a lifeboat,...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The precarious world of the Casper family is thrown into chaos by the sudden separation of Jonathan and his wife, Madeline, a decision that forces the couple, their two daughters, and grandfather Henry to confront their own pursuits and cowardice.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 65
Language
English
Description
With Lord Jim, first published in 1900, Joseph Conrad transformed a tale of seafaring adventure into a subtle study of the meaning of honor and courage, loyalty and betrayal. When Jim, an idealistic merchant seaman and ship's officer, abandons the supposedly sinking Patna and its passengers, he dashes his youthful dreams of glory in a single stroke. Condemned in court for his impetuous act of cowardice, Jim relegates himself to a life roaming the...
4) Rat run
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Wrongfully accused of fleeing his platoon during an insurgent attack in Iraq, intelligence officer Malachy is dishonorably discharged and sinks into despair at a drug-riddled London estate before joining anti-drug efforts specifically targeting a dangerous heroin kingpin.
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
George Tilson, nicknamed Heck, is deployed to Normandy and soon discovers a troubled French family headed by a one-armed painter. As Heck falls in love with the painter's daughter, he is pulled back into the war. Marked as a coward by his fellow soldiers, Heck gets a second chance when his company sergeant puts him on a secret and dangerous assignment.
7) Lord Jim
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joseph Conrad's saga of an idealistic merchant marine officer who disgraces himself when he abandons ship in the Far East. A tale of both cowardice and redemption.