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Jul 24, 2016 · The Secret Agent tells the story of Adolf and Winnie Verloc. He is a phony anarchist and agent provocateur of the title, and the plot centres around the terrible consequences for their family when he is pressured into planning a terrorist act.
Apr 6, 2024 · The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring. The novel deals broadly with anarchism, espionage and terrorism. It also deals with exploitation of the vulnerable in Verloc's relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie, who has a learning difficulty. First Published . . .
Adolf Verloc, a secret agent in the employ of the Embassy, has been embedded in the socialist Red Committee in London.He is summoned to the Embassy to meet with First Secretary Mr. Vladimir, who berates him for the lack of concrete results from his work; instead of just preventing attacks, Mr. Verloc is ordered to lead his radical associates to carry out a terrorist act that will strike at the ...
The Secret Agent: Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis. Next. Chapter 3. Themes and Colors Key. Summary. Analysis. Sharply dressed and alert, Mr. Verloc heads out unusually early one morning at about half-past 10. The dull English sun covers the city with a rusty light. As Verloc watches well-to-do people enjoying themselves in Hyde Park, he feels ...
The Secret Agent was Joseph Conrad’s delayed response to the real-life 1894 Greenwich Mystery — the accidental death of 26-year-old Martial Bourdin, who was fatally injured while carrying a bomb across Greenwich Park. Conrad had in fact forgotten all about this once notorious incident, until his friend, the author Ford Madox Ford, brought ...
Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) The Secret Agent is Conrad's dark, and darkly comic story of a band of spies, anarchists, agents-provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th Century. The novel centers on Verloc, a shop-owner, phony-anarchist and double-agent, who becomes embroiled in an ambitious ...
