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The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad

The Secret Agent By Joseph Conrad

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad


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Summary

Adolph Verloc leads a double life. As well as running his seedy Soho shop, he is also a secret agent, operating for an underground anarchist cell - and his job is about to get far more dangerous. When his leaders instruct him to plant a bomb at Greenwich Observatory, his plans go terribly awry, with tragic repercussions for him and his family.

The Secret Agent Summary

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

Adolph Verloc leads a double life. As well as running his seedy Soho shop, he is also a secret agent, operating for an underground anarchist cell - and his job is about to get far more dangerous. When his leaders instruct him to plant a bomb at Greenwich Observatory, his plans go terribly awry, with tragic repercussions for him and his family. Books that save lives come in one colour. Choose (Penguin Classics) Red, Save Lives. Penguin Classics has partnered with (Product) Red to bring you our selection of some of the best books ever written. We will be contributing 50 per cent of the profits from the sale of (Penguin Classics) Red editions to the Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Now great books can help save lives.

The Secret Agent Reviews

'Elevated the spy story into literature in a way that would inspire Greene and le Carre' Observer

About Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. The following year he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924.

Additional information

GOR002306029
9780141194394
0141194391
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20100520
272
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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