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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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The Secret Agent Summary

The Secret Agent (Collins Classics) by Joseph Conrad

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

'They swarmed numerous like locusts, industrious like ants, thoughtless like a natural force, pushing on blind and orderly and absorbed, impervious to sentiment, to logic - to terror, too, perhaps.'

Considered one of Conrad's most political works, The Secret Agent is set against the dismal backdrop of a drab and alienating London, and tells the story of the bombing of Greenwich Observatory by a group of anarchists.

Shopkeeper, spy and reluctant anarchist Mr Verloc becomes embroiled in this terrorist plot, exploiting his mentally disabled brother-in-law Stevie in the process, leading to tragic circumstances.

About Joseph Conrad

Polish-born Joseph Conrad is regarded as a highly influential author, and his works are seen as a precursor to modernist literature. His often tragic insight into the human condition in novels such as Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent is unrivalled by his contemporaries.

Additional information

GOR004102558
9780007420261
0007420269
The Secret Agent (Collins Classics) by Joseph Conrad
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
20110101
336
N/A
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