《吉姆爷》是英国作家康拉德(Joseph Conrad1857-1924)最受推崇的小说,发表于1900年,被誉为20世纪第一部杰出的现代主义小说,也被现代西方评论界视为英国小说史上的一座丰碑,作者康拉德也因此被公认为现代化文学鼻祖之一。 Jim Lord, the most respected novel by British writer Conrad (1957-1924), was published in 1900 and is reputed as the first outstanding modernist novel of the 20th century. It has also been regarded by the modern Western critics as Britain One of the monuments in the history of the novel, the author Conrad has therefore been recognized as one of the originators of modern literature.