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Captain Brierly is a distinguished captain who is one of the men presiding over Jim’s trial. He seems bored and convinced of Jim’s guilt during the trial. Marlow, however, who observes Jim’s trial with interest, learns that Brierly dies by suicide following the trial. The exact circumstances of Brierly’s death are unclear, but it seems that Brierly was depressed and that something about Jim’s trial may have triggered him to kill himself. While Jim doesn’t technically die by suicide in the book, Brierly’s fate foreshadows how Jim and men like him can be self-destructive even if they don’t literally take their own lives.
Brierly Quotes in Lord Jim
The Lord Jim quotes below are all either spoken by Brierly or refer to Brierly. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6
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‘He seemed consumedly bored by the honour thrust upon him. He had never in his life made a mistake, never had an accident, never a mishap, never a check in his steady rise, and he seemed to be one of those lucky fellows who know nothing of indecision, much less of self-mistrust. At thirty-two he had one of the best commands going in the Eastern trade—and, what’s more, he thought a lot of what he had.’
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Brierly Quotes in Lord Jim
The Lord Jim quotes below are all either spoken by Brierly or refer to Brierly. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 6
Quotes
‘He seemed consumedly bored by the honour thrust upon him. He had never in his life made a mistake, never had an accident, never a mishap, never a check in his steady rise, and he seemed to be one of those lucky fellows who know nothing of indecision, much less of self-mistrust. At thirty-two he had one of the best commands going in the Eastern trade—and, what’s more, he thought a lot of what he had.’
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