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The Secret Agent
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Conrad's dark political novel of espionage, anarchism, betrayal, and private tragedy in London.
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The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent explores political violence, secrecy, marriage, and moral blindness in Edwardian London. Joseph Conrad turns espionage into a tense study of ideology, manipulation, and personal catastrophe.
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Joseph Conrad died in 1924, and The Secret Agent was first published in 1907. These dates support the public-domain basis for the English source text used in this edition.
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Table of contents
Inside this edition
- 01Full text
- 02SECRET AGENT
- 03A SIMPLE TALE
- 04JOSEPH CONRAD
- 05SECOND EDITION
- 06METHUEN & CO.,
- 0736 ESSEX STREET W C.
- 08LONDON
- 09H. G. WELLS
- 10THE CHRONICLER OF MR LEWISHAM’S LOVE
- 11THE BIOGRAPHER OF KIPPS AND THE
- 12HISTORIAN OF THE AGES TO COME
- 13THIS SIMPLE TALE OF THE XIX CENTURY
- 14IS AFFECTIONATELY OFFERED
- 15CHAPTER I
- 16CHAPTER II
- 17CHAPTER III
- 18CHAPTER IV
- 19CHAPTER V
- 20CHAPTER VI
- 21CHAPTER VII
- 22CHAPTER VIII
- 23CHAPTER IX
- 24CHAPTER X
- 25CHAPTER XI
- 26CHAPTER XII
- 27CHAPTER XIII
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