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The Secret Agent Summary. Mr. Adolf Verloc, a shopkeeper in his forties, heads out into the London streets one morning, leaving his business in the hands of his wife, Winnie, and Winnie’s brother Stevie. Winnie looks after Stevie, who is mentally disabled, as if he’s her son. She married Verloc seven years ago because he had the money and ...
A1. The Height Of The Spy Season A2. To You A3 You Are A4. The Grabbers A5. The Villa A6. The Place A7. Belly Dance A8. Hi-Jack B1. Last Stop Paris B2. Paris Street B3. Don Jose, Ole! B4. The Kiss B5. Baby May B6. The Big Ball B7. The Treasure B8. Zorba A Go Go B9. Of Mace And Men
Summary. Analysis. Mr. Verloc returns from the Continent (mainland Europe) 10 days later, apparently unrefreshed, and Winnie chats with him over breakfast. In his absence, she cleaned the house, managed the shop, and saw some of Verloc’s friends—like Mr. Michaelis, who is on his way to the country, and Comrade Ossipon, who made Winnie blush ...
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Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominallyin charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, becausethere was very little business at any time, and practically noneat all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little abouthis ostensible business. And, moreover, his wife was incharge of his brother-in-law. The shop was small, and ...
Such was the house, the household, and the business Mr Verlocleft behind him on his way westward at the hour of half-past tenin the morning. It was unusually early for him; his wholeperson exhaled the charm of almost dewy freshness; he wore hisblue cloth overcoat unbuttoned; his boots were shiny; his cheeks,freshly shaven, had a sort of gloss; and ...
“ . . . All idealisation makes life poorer. Tobeautify it is to take away its character of complexity—itis to destroy it. Leave that to the moralists, myboy. History is made by men, but they do not make it intheir heads. The ideas that are born in their consciousnessplay an insignificant part in the march of events. Historyis dominated and determin...
Most of the thirty or so little tables covered by red clothswith a white design stood ranged at right angles to the deepbrown wainscoting of the underground hall. Bronzechandeliers with many globes depended from the low, slightlyvaulted ceiling, and the fresco paintings ran flat and dull allround the walls without windows, representing scenes of th...
The Professor had turned into a street to the left, and walkedalong, with his head carried rigidly erect, in a crowd whoseevery individual almost overtopped his stunted stature. Itwas vain to pretend to himself that he was notdisappointed. But that was mere feeling; the stoicism ofhis thought could not be disturbed by this or any otherfailure. Next...
The lady patroness of Michaelis, the ticket-of-leave apostleof humanitarian hopes, was one of the most influential anddistinguished connections of the Assistant Commissioner’swife, whom she called Annie, and treated still rather as a notvery wise and utterly inexperienced young girl. But she hadconsented to accept him on a friendly footing, which w...
The Secret Agent was a favorite book of Ted Kaczynski, the American anarchist and terrorist known as the Unabomber. Kaczynski identified strongly with the character of The Professor, and he sometimes used variations on the name “Conrad” as aliases. Tragic Associations. Terrorism is a major theme in The Secret Agent, and a Slate article in ...
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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.
