The Secret Agent : A Simple Tale
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Author:CONRAD Joseph / NEWTON Michael / STAPE JH
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ISBN:9780141441580
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Publication Date:September 2007
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Edition:1
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Penguin Classics
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Author:CONRAD Joseph / NEWTON Michael / STAPE JH
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ISBN:9780141441580
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Publication Date:September 2007
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Edition:1
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Penguin Classics
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Joseph Conrad's dark satire on English society.
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, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. While rooted in the Edwardian period, Conrad's tale remains strikingly contemporary, with its depiction of Londoners gripped by fear of the terrorists living in their midst.
This edition of The Secret Agent contains a chronology, further reading, notes and maps of London and Greenwich. In his introduction, Michael Newton discusses London's real-life world of political anarchy, and Conrad's portrayal of the Verlocs' marriage.
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Joseph Conrad's dark satire on English society.
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, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. While rooted in the Edwardian period, Conrad's tale remains strikingly contemporary, with its depiction of Londoners gripped by fear of the terrorists living in their midst.
This edition of The Secret Agent contains a chronology, further reading, notes and maps of London and Greenwich. In his introduction, Michael Newton discusses London's real-life world of political anarchy, and Conrad's portrayal of the Verlocs' marriage.
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Author: CONRAD Joseph / NEWTON Michael / STAPE JHISBN: 9780141441580Publication Date: September 2007Edition: 1Pages:Binding: PaperbackPublisher: Penguin ClassicsCountry of Publication:
Joseph Conrad's dark satire on English society.
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, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. While rooted in the Edwardian period, Conrad's tale remains strikingly contemporary, with its depiction of Londoners gripped by fear of the terrorists living in their midst.
This edition of The Secret Agent contains a chronology, further reading, notes and maps of London and Greenwich. In his introduction, Michael Newton discusses London's real-life world of political anarchy, and Conrad's portrayal of the Verlocs' marriage.
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Author: CONRAD Joseph / NEWTON Michael / STAPE JHISBN: 9780141441580Publication Date: September 2007Edition: 1Pages:Binding: PaperbackPublisher: Penguin ClassicsCountry of Publication:
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