Lord Jim | Techniques
One obvious fault of Conrad's technique is to allow so much of the narrative to be related by Marlow as allegedly an oral tale told on a hot tropical night on a veranda. As many have remarked, Conrad's use of this convention is unrealistic because it is difficult to imagine any group of listeners having the patience to listen to a tale that would take at least several hours. That violation of realism aside, however, Conrad's novel exhibits a brilliant command of narrative techniques.
Conrad's use of a variety of narrators to provide differing views and voices about Jim is his...
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