The Penguin English Library Edition of The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
'Madness and despair! Give me that for a lever, and I'll move the world'
In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.
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| ISBN: | 9780141199559 |
| Publication date: | 26th July 2012 |
| Author: | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Series: | Penguin English Library |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad'Madness and despair! Give me that for a lever, and I'll move the world'In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs.
The Secret Agent features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary
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The Secret Agent was written by Joseph Conrad and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Secret Agent has 277 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin English Library series
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