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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. [1] 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.
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- 1907
- September 1907
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 ...
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 ...
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Sep 25, 2007 · 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.
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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale. The Secret Agent, novel by Joseph Conrad, first published serially in the New York weekly Ridgeway’s in 1906–07 and in book form in 1907. This absurdist story is noted for its adept characterizations, melodramatic irony, and psychological intrigue. Adolf Verloc is a languid eastern European secret agent ...
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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. Though The Secret Agent is a work of fiction ...
Jul 1, 1997 · The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale Credits: David Price Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: London (England) -- Fiction
