Lord Jim: personer, tidslinje och platser

Jim freezes during a training ship rescue and misses the boat, despite his dreams of bravery.

After an injury and recovery in an Eastern port, Jim joins the Patna as chief mate.

Jim testifies at an inquiry about the collision and flooding aboard the Patna.

Marlow clears up Jim’s mistaken belief that a stranger insults him and invites him to dinner.

Jim recounts jumping into the officers’ boat as a squall approaches the threatened Patna.

Jim explains that learning of the Patna’s rescue ends his imagined cries but leaves his shame unchanged.

The court cancels Jim’s certificate and the master’s certificate for abandoning their responsibilities.

Jim leaves successive jobs when reminders of the Patna revive his disgrace.

Stein identifies Jim as romantic and discusses practical help with the narrator.

Stein proposes sending Jim to Patusan to replace Cornelius as trading agent.

Jim leaves for Patusan carrying Stein’s letter and a silver ring promising Doramin’s help.

Jim recounts escaping the Rajah’s captivity and reaching Doramin’s protection.

Jim recounts the assault on Sherif Ali’s stockade and the authority he gains through victory.

Jim becomes Patusan’s effective ruler, while the narrator introduces his love for Jewel.

The girl wakes and arms Jim before he confronts concealed attackers, killing one and forcing three to surrender.

As the narrator leaves Patusan, Jim commits himself to protecting the people who trust him.

More than two years after Marlow’s spoken account, one listener receives a packet containing further papers.

Brown’s hungry raiders reach Patusan, where armed resistance traps them on a small hill.

Doramin sends Dain Waris downstream to block the river while messengers seek the absent Jim.

Jim meets Brown across a creek, where Brown demands battle or permission to leave.

Jim asks Patusan’s leaders to let the intruders leave and pledges his life against any harm.

The chiefs accept Jim’s decision, and he sends Tamb’ Itam to order safe passage for Brown’s men.

Brown ambushes Dain Waris’s camp through a hidden channel, killing him before Tamb’ Itam returns with the news.

Jim refuses resistance and escape, then faces Doramin unarmed and is shot through the chest.