The Penguin English Library Edition of The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
'Madness and despair! Give me that for a lever, and I'll move the world'
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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- Authors:
- Conrad, Joseph
- Year Published:
- 2012
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780141199559
- Number of Pages:
- 288
- Publication Date:
- 26/07/2012
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Series:
- The Penguin English Library
- Publication Date:
- 26/07/2012
- Place of Publication:
- London
- SKU:
- 9780141199559