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Lord Jim

American  

noun

  1. a novel (1900) by Joseph Conrad.


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It's an approach backed by many economists, including Lord Jim O'Neill, one of Andy Burnham's new advisers.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

We were like Joseph Conrad’s Marlow telling the story of Lord Jim or the doomed voyage from “Youth.”

From Washington Post Mar. 22, 2018

As for the novel’s hero and Drax’s chief adversary, Patrick Sumner, he’s clearly a descendant of Melville’s Ishmael and Conrad’s Lord Jim.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2016

Like his mentor John Huston, Brooks adapted far too many Great Books – Lord Jim and The Brothers Karamazov were notable failures – and worked without a co-writer to apply the brakes or gas.

From The Guardian Sep. 7, 2015

Top-down attention is what we use to direct our focus, say, on a work project, or listening to Lord Jim through headphones, or when driving on the road.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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