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

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a simple tale

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

The secret agent

a simple tale

  • 3.38 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 148 Want to read
  • 12 Currently reading
  • 15 Have read

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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English
Pages
283

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The Secret Agent: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism
2016, W. W. Norton & Company
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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)
April 3, 2007, Signet Classics
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El agente secreto/The Secret Agent
June 30, 2005, Ediciones Catedra S.A.
Paperback in Spanish - 3 edition
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The secret agent
2003, Giunti
in English
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The secret agent: a simple tale
1997, Dent, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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The secret agent: a simple tale
1992, Knopf, Distributed by Random House, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
in English
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The secret agent: a simple tale
1985, Penguin Books, Viking Penguin
in English
Cover of: SECRET AGENT, THE
SECRET AGENT, THE
December 1, 1983, Bantam Classics, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English

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New York

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. xviii-xix).

Series
Everyman's library ;, 123
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912
Library of Congress
PR6005.O4 S4 1992

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiii, 283 p. ;
Number of pages
283

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1744086M
ISBN 10
0679417230
LCCN
92052924
OCLC/WorldCat
25675898
Library Thing
7220
Goodreads
874772

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