# Egström — Lord Jim character guide

> Egström in Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Egstr√ґm

**First appearance:** 0018-xvii

## Who they are

A ship-chandler who helps Jim find work after the Patna affair.

## In the story

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/iii)

Not present in this chapter.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xviii)

Egström, a partner in the ship-chandlery, employs Jim and later recounts Jim's abrupt resignation to Marlow, expressing bewilderment at Jim's behavior.

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