The secret agent. A simple tale.
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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 evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.
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The secret agent. A simple tale., Joseph Conrad
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- 1994
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- Title
- The secret agent. A simple tale.
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Joseph Conrad
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1994
- ISBN10
- 0140620567
- ISBN13
- 9780140620566
- Collection
- Penguin popular classics
- Category
- World prose
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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 evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.