LordJim&Nostromo

CONTENTS JOSEPH CONRAD: GOD’S OWN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN COMMENTARY LORD JIM AUTHOR’S NOTE LORD JIM NOSTROMO: A TALE OF THE SEABOARD AUTHOR’S NOTE PART ONE: THE SILVER OF THE MINE PART TWO: THE ISABELS PART THREE: THE LIGHTHOUSE LORD JIM & NOSTROMO JOSEPH CONRAD LORD JIM & NOSTROMO Introduction by Robert D. Kaplan T H E M O D E R N L I B R A R Y N E W Y O R K About The Modern Library The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library’s seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torchbearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925......