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An edition of The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (1907)

The secret agent

a simple tale

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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. The novel is dedicated to H. G. Wells and 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 an intellectual disability. Conrad’s gloomy portrait of London depicted in the novel was influenced by Charles Dickens’ Bleak House.

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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
427

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Anarchists, fiction, Conspiracies, fiction, Bombings, fiction, Terrorism, fiction, Royal Greenwich Observatory, fiction, Drama, Trading companies, Dutch, Classic Literature, Moles (Spies), Political, British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author), English literature, Africa, fiction, Fiction, psychological, London (zengland), fiction, Fiction, political, Large type books, English Romances, Romance Ingles, English fiction, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Terrorists, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, General, Jewish, Christian, Biographical, Medical, Suspense, Science Fiction, Religious, Psychological, Occult & Supernatural, Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled, Historical, Fantasy, Classics, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Radicalism, Collected works (single author, multi-form), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Novela policíaca inglesa, American fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Secret agent, Conrad, Joseph, Secret agent (Conrad, Joseph), Conspiration -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Anarchistes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Attentats à la bombe -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
People
Adolf Verloc
Places
London (England), Borneo, England
Times
1900's

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The Secret Agent: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism
2016, W. W. Norton & Company
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The secret agent
2014, WF Howes Ltd, W F Howes Ltd
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Secret Agent
2012, Penguin Books, Limited
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The secret agent
2008, Wilder Publications
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The Secret Agent: Centennial Editon (Signet Classics)
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El agente secreto/The Secret Agent
June 30, 2005, Ediciones Catedra S.A.
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The secret agent
2003, Giunti
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The secret agent: a simple tale
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The secret agent: a simple tale
1990, Cambridge University Press
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The secret agent: a simple tale
1985, Penguin Books, Viking Penguin
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SECRET AGENT, THE
December 1, 1983, Bantam Classics, Bantam Books
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Cambridge [England], New York

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-427).

Series
The Cambridge edition of the works of Joseph Conrad
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912
Library of Congress
PR6005.O4 S4 1989

The Physical Object

Pagination
xli, 427 p., [2] p. of plates :
Number of pages
427

ID Numbers

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OL2188846M
ISBN 10
0521341353
LCCN
89007098
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7220
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