The Secret Agent
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In the only novel Conrad set in London, "The Secret Agent" communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evi... More
Book Information
Publisher | Penguin Group (UK) |
Binding | Paperback (78 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 256 |
ISBN-10 | 0140620567 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0140620566 |
Publication Date | 02/25/2010 |
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