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ISBN: 142704189X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Secret Agent Volume 2 of 2 A Simple Tale (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)
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ISBN: 142704211X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480484172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The classic tale of terrorism from one of the twentieth century’s greatest novelists To his friends and family Adolf Verloc is a typical London businessman. But in reality he is a secret agent for a foreign government. His assignment has been to stir up trouble among the local anarchist groups, but when his handlers become frustrated with his lack of progress, they demand a new course of action: Verloc will bomb the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. A masterpiece of intricate plotting and dark realism, The Secret Agent skips backward and forward in time as the repercussions of its central event are felt by every character—from the radicals who think Verloc is one of their own to the wife and brother-in-law he traps in his whirlwind of destruction. This is one of Joseph Conrad’s finest novels, and a portrait of the devastating effects of extremism, as relevant today as when it was first published more than a century ago. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
The Secret Agent Volume 1 of 2 A Simple Tale (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)
Author: Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 142704189X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Noted British author and anthropologist Joseph Conrad's famous novel 'The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale' was first published in the year 1907. The novel is set in London. It revolves around the work of a spy for a country left unnamed in the novel.
The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781095653074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1907.The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr Anton 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 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.Because of its terrorism theme, it was noted as "one of the three works of literature most cited in the American media" two weeks after the September 11 attacks.Set in London in 1886, the novel follows the life of Adolf Verloc, a secret agent. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives and bric-a-brac. He lives with his wife Winnie, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Stevie. Stevie has a mental disability, possibly autism, which causes him to be excitable; his sister, Verloc's wife, attends to him, treating him more as a son than as a brother. Verloc's friends are a group of anarchists of which Comrade Ossipon, Michaelis, and "The Professor" are the most prominent. Although largely ineffectual as terrorists, their actions are known to the police. The group produces anarchist literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F.P., an acronym for The Future of the Proletariat.
The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-inlaw. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practicallynone at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensiblebusiness. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law.The shop was small, and so was the house. It was one of those grimy brick houses whichexisted in large quantities before the era of reconstruction dawned upon London. The shopwas a square box of a place, with the front glazed in small panes. In the daytime the doorremained closed; in the evening it stood discreetly but suspiciously ajar.The window contained photographs of more or less undressed dancing girls; nondescriptpackages in wrappers like patent medicines; closed yellow paper envelopes, very flimsy, and marked two-and-six in heavy black figures; a few numbers of ancient French comicpublications hung across a string as if to dry; a dingy blue china bowl, a casket of blackwood, bottles of marking ink, and rubber stamps; a few books, with titles hinting atimpropriety; a few apparently old copies of obscure newspapers, badly printed, with titleslike The Torch, The Gong-rousing titles. And the two gas jets inside the panes were alwaysturned low, either for economy's sake or for the sake of the customers.These customers were either very young men, who hung about the window for a timebefore slipping in suddenly; or men of a more mature age, but looking generally as if theywere not in funds. Some of that last kind had the collars of their overcoats turned right upto their moustaches, and traces of mud on the bottom of their nether garments, which hadthe appearance of being much worn and not very valuable. And the legs inside them didnot, as a general rule, seem of much account either. With their hands plunged deep in theside pockets of their coats, they dodged in sideways, one shoulder first, as if afraid to startthe bell going
The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-inlaw. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practicallynone at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensiblebusiness. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law.The shop was small, and so was the house. It was one of those grimy brick houses whichexisted in large quantities before the era of reconstruction dawned upon London. The shopwas a square box of a place, with the front glazed in small panes. In the daytime the doorremained closed; in the evening it stood discreetly but suspiciously ajar.The window contained photographs of more or less undressed dancing girls; nondescriptpackages in wrappers like patent medicines; closed yellow paper envelopes, very flimsy, and marked two-and-six in heavy black figures; a few numbers of ancient French comicpublications hung across a string as if to dry; a dingy blue china bowl, a casket of blackwood, bottles of marking ink, and rubber stamps; a few books, with titles hinting atimpropriety; a few apparently old copies of obscure newspapers, badly printed, with titleslike The Torch, The Gong-rousing titles. And the two gas jets inside the panes were alwaysturned low, either for economy's sake or for the sake of the customers
The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Secret Agent a Simple Tale
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781355383055
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
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The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-inlaw. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practicallynone at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensiblebusiness. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law.The shop was small, and so was the house. It was one of those grimy brick houses whichexisted in large quantities before the era of reconstruction dawned upon London. The shopwas a square box of a place, with the front glazed in small panes. In the daytime the doorremained closed; in the evening it stood discreetly but suspiciously ajar.The window contained photographs of more or less undressed dancing girls; nondescriptpackages in wrappers like patent medicines; closed yellow paper envelopes, very flimsy, and marked two-and-six in heavy black figures; a few numbers of ancient French comicpublications hung across a string as if to dry; a dingy blue china bowl, a casket of blackwood, bottles of marking ink, and rubber stamps; a few books, with titles hinting atimpropriety; a few apparently old copies of obscure newspapers, badly printed, with titleslike The Torch, The Gong-rousing titles. And the two gas jets inside the panes were alwaysturned low, either for economy's sake or for the sake of the customers.These customers were either very young men, who hung about the window for a timebefore slipping in suddenly; or men of a more mature age, but looking generally as if theywere not in funds. Some of that last kind had the collars of their overcoats turned right upto their moustaches, and traces of mud on the bottom of their nether garments, which hadthe appearance of being much worn and not very valuable. And the legs inside them didnot, as a general rule, seem of much account either. With their hands plunged deep in theside pockets of their coats, they dodged in sideways, one shoulder first, as if afraid to startthe bell going