# Lord Jim — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad.

- [Author's Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/author-s-note.md): Conrad defends the novel's structure and length, explaining that it originated as a short story about the pilgrim ship episode but expanded into a longer narrative. He reflects on the character of Jim, asserting that his
- [Lord Jim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/lord-jim.md): The novel opens with a description of Jim, a young British seaman who dreams of heroic deeds. He works as a water clerk after a mysterious incident that haunts his past. The narrative introduces his idealistic nature and
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces Jim, a young man from a parsonage who, after a course of light holiday literature, declares his vocation for the sea and is sent to a training-ship. He is generally liked, skilled aloft, and dreams
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/ii.md): Jim, after recovering from an injury sustained at sea, finds himself in an Eastern port and decides to abandon his plans to return home. He takes a berth as chief mate of the Patna, an old steamer carrying eight hundred 
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/iii.md): Jim stands his watch on the Patna, lost in dreams of heroic adventure and feeling invincible. The captain and second engineer engage in a vulgar, drunken quarrel, shattering Jim's romantic illusions and revealing the squ

> 42 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=lord_jim_1224kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [Chapter XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The Night of Decision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [Chapter XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xl.md)
- [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [Chapter XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xliv.md)
- [Chapter XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xlv.md)

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