The Secret Agent (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
Paperback 231 pages English Feb 01, 2022
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The Secret Agent is widely considered one of Conrad's greatest literary achievements. Set in gloomy 1886 London, the novel follows the life of Alfred Verdoc, a Soho shop owner and secret agent who is a member of a largely ineffectual anarchist cell. During a meeting at an unnamed foreign embassy where he is a covert employee, Verdoc is tasked with bombing the Greenwich Observatory-ostensibly to create public outrage and goad a lax British government into to acting more forcibly against émigré socialist and anarchist activists. The evil plan goes awry with far-reaching and devastating consequences.This Warbler Classics edition includes an essay on Joseph Conrad by J. B. Priestly and a detailed biographical timeline.
- Author:
- Joseph Conrad
- Publisher:
- Warbler Classics
- Publication Date:
- Feb 01, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 231 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1957240229
- ISBN-13:
- 9781957240220