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

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

The secret agent

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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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English
Pages
314

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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
in English
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The secret agent
2008, Wilder Publications
in English
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The Secret Agent: Centennial Editon (Signet Classics)
April 3, 2007, Signet Classics
Paperback in English
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The secret agent
2006, Large Print Book Company
in English
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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
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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Edition Notes

First published in 1907.

Published in
Sanbornville, N.H
Series
World classics in large print. British authors series
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6005.O4 S4 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
314 p. (large print) ;
Number of pages
314

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23045946M
Internet Archive
secretagent0000conr_v3g0
ISBN 10
159688083X
ISBN 13
9781596880832
Library Thing
7220
Goodreads
1330180

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