Lord Jim

''To the white men in the waterside business and to the captain of ships he was just Jim - nothing more. He had, of course, another name, but he was anxious that it should not be pronounced.'' Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman - ''as unflinching as a hero in a book'' - who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship ...