Lord Jim A Tale - Penguin Classics Author:Joseph Conrad Penguin inaugurates a series of revised editions of Conrad?s finest works, with new introductions — Conrad?s great novel of guilt and redemption follows the first mate on board the Patna, a raw youth with dreams of heroism who, in an act of cowardice, abandons his ship. His unbearable guilt and its consequences are shaped by Conrad ... more »into a narrative of immeasurable richness.« less