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4 unusual facts about Lord Jim


Abandonment of ship

Lord Jim, a novel by Joseph Conrad about a young seaman who abandons a ship in distress

Bangka Island

Bangka is famous for two other events: the Banka Island massacre during World War II, perpetrated by the Japanese against Australian nurses and British and Australian servicemen and civilians, and for reputedly being the setting for the book Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad.

Lord Jim

In a Sunday Peanuts strip, Lucy sees Snoopy carrying around a "This Is National Dog Week" sign, and asks him several questions including "Did a dog write Lord Jim?" – at which Snoopy gets annoyed.

In Steven Pressfield's The Profession, one of the main character's, General Jim Salter's, nation-building efforts in an African country are described in a journalist's article, referring to him as "Lord Jim"


Christian Marquand

He appeared as the French Naval Commando leader Philippe Kieffer in The Longest Day that led to later roles in American produced films such as Lord Jim and Flight of the Phoenix.

Daliah Lavi

Lavi's film appearances include Vincente Minnelli's Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), Mario Bava's gothic classic La Frusta e il corpo, or The Whip and the Body (1963), the role of The Girl in Lord Jim and the first Matt Helm film, The Silencers (1966), opposite Dean Martin.

Percy Marmont

He is best remembered today for playing the title character in Lord Jim (1925) the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel, and for playing one of Clara Bow's love interests in the Paramount Pictures film Mantrap (1926).


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