Editing Lord Jim (section)

==Recognition==
In 1998 the [[Modern Library]] Board ranked ''Lord Jim'' 85th on its list of the [[Modern Library 100 Best Novels|100 best English-language novels of the 20th century]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/ |title=100 Best Novels, Board's Choice |publisher=Modern Library |year=1998 |access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref> In 1999, the French newspaper ''Le Monde'' conducted a contest among readers to rank which of 200 novels of the 20th century they remembered best. Seventeen thousand responses yielded the final list, which placed ''Lord Jim'' at number 75. The complete list is found in [[Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century]] in English, and also in [[French Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=46796 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527083227/http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=46796 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2012 |title=Écrivains et choix sentimentaux |trans-title=Authors and sentimental choices |first=Josyane |last=Savigneau |author-link=Josyane Savigneau |newspaper=Le Monde |language=fr |date=15 October 1999 }}</ref>