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Author:
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
Series:
Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Argo Classics
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The Secret Agent is widely considered one of Conrad's greatest literary achievements. Set in gloomy 1886 London, the novel follows the life of Alfred Verdoc, a Soho shop owner and secret agent who is a member of a largely ineffectual anarchist cell. During a meeting at an unnamed foreign embassy where he is a covert employee, Verdoc is tasked with bombing the Greenwich Observatory-ostensibly to create public outrage and goad a lax British government into to acting more forcibly against émigré socialist and anarchist activists. The evil plan goes awry with far-reaching and devastating consequences. This Warbler Classics edition includes an essay on Joseph Conrad by J. B. Priestly and a detailed biographical timeline.

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Anarchists
Anarchists -- Fiction
Art
Art -- Fiction
Bombings
Bombings -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Conspiracies
Conspiracies -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Electronic books
Espionage
Espionage -- Fiction
Europe
Fiction
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
History -- Fiction
Irish literature
Irish literature -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
London (England) -- Fiction
Performing arts
Performing arts -- Fiction
Political fiction
Political science
Political science -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Psychological fiction -- Fiction
Radicalism
Radicalism -- Fiction
Suspense fiction
Thriller
Thrillers (Fiction)
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