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Summary. Chapter 1 takes place at Mr. Verloc's pornography shop in 1880s London. The omniscient narrator offers a glimpse of the family life of the secret agent Mr. Verloc. Mr. Verloc and his family live in the back of the shop. Verloc is a stout gentleman who is "thoroughly domesticated."
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 Secret Agent begins with Adolf Verloc walking toward the embassy of an unnamed foreign country. He is the titular secret agent, on his way to meet his handler. Amid this backdrop of espionage and secrecy, however, the first chapter focuses on the domestic drama of Verloc’s life.
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