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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring.
- Joseph Conrad
- 1907
The Secret Agent. Joseph Conrad, John Lyon (Editor) 3.59. 22,970 ratings1,782 reviews. Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie.
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Jun 28, 1997 · A classic novel of espionage and terrorism in late Victorian London, written by the Polish-born British author Joseph Conrad. Read the full text online or download the ebook for free.
The Secret Agent is a three-part British espionage television drama serial based on the 1907 novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. The show stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham, David Dawson and Ian Hart. The three-part series began airing on BBC One on 17 July 2016.
Adolf Verloc is a languid eastern European secret agent posing as a London shop owner with anarchist leanings who is ordered to dynamite Greenwich Observatory. The plot fails when Verloc’s mentally disabled brother-in-law is accidently killed by the explosives.
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A plot summary of the novel The Secret Agent, which depicts the lives of a group of anarchists and a spy in London. The story follows the events leading up to a bombing in Greenwich Park, which kills the spy's mentally disabled stepson and leads to his wife's murder.
The Secret Agent is a novel by Joseph Conrad. It was published in 1907. The novel describes events in the life of a man named Verloc, a secret government agent for an unnamed country living in London in 1886, who is ordered to carry out a bombing with the goal of manipulating the British government.
