The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Conrad, Joseph

ISBN 10: 0192816276 / ISBN 13: 9780192816276

Published by Oxford University Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (The ^AWorld's Classics)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192816276
• ISBN 13: 9780192816276
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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 Verlac, 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.

Book Description

The Secret Agent (1907) is a compelling tale of espionage and terrorism set in Edwardian London. This new edition is based on a painstaking comparison of the original manuscript of the work.