The Secret Agent

Presents a story 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.

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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• | Author: Joseph Conrad
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 26, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780141199559
• | ISBN-10: 0141199555