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The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, is a classic novel based on actual events, the attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1894. The fictionalized tale revolves around a beautiful, young wife, her simple-minded brother, and her devoted but tortured husband. The novel is a mixture of love story, espionage, and mystery that continues to ...
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, 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.
The Secret Agent study guide contains a biography of Joseph Conrad, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. More books than SparkNotes.
The Secret Agent Summary and Analysis of Chapter I. Summary. At half-past ten in the morning, Adolf Verloc leaves his shop in Soho, a slum neighborhood of London with a large immigrant population. The narrator gives descriptions of Verloc, his shop, and his family – Winnie Verloc (his wife), her mother, and her brother Stevie.
Jun 28, 1997 · SECRET AGENT a simple tale. by JOSEPH CONRAD. second edition. methuen & co., 36 essex street w c. london. First Published. . . September 1907. Second Edition. . . October 1907. TO H. G. WELLS. the chronicler of mr lewisham’s love the biographer of kipps and the historian of the ages to come. this simple tale of the xix century is ...
The Secret Agent study guide contains a biography of Joseph Conrad, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. More books than SparkNotes.
This chapter attempts to demonstrate that Joseph Conrad's authorial method in The Secret Agent is a narrative and expressive thematics of its own. The narrative method of The Secret Agent is an enriching supplement to that of Nostromo. The chapter begins with presenting one possible summary of the action of The Secret Agent.
