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Lord Jim

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Lord Jim
successful in lifelong efforts to regain honor lost in moment of cowardice. [Br. Lit.: Lord Jim]

Lord Jim
tormented by his memory of having saved himself from a sinking ship with 800 Muslims aboard. [Br. Lit.: Joseph Conrad Lord Jim in Magill I, 522]
See : Remorse

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And when I say "tragedy," I am thinking of Lord Jim and Lear and Gilgamesh: stories that exist to remind us of the terrible cost of being human.
He describes the two routes to immortality, with an aside from Lord Jim - the remark of the French naval officer to the effect that Jim has run away "mais il a laisse son cadavre en place.
Sumitas is a joint 3-1 favorite with Carla Gaines-trained Lord Jim in a Gary Tanaka-owned entry, and Rolly Polly is the 2-1 favorite.
 
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