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.
Table of Content
Contents
chapter i1
chapter ii7
chapter iii28
chapter iv42
chapter v55
chapter vi71
chapter vii92
chapter viii104
chapter ix124
chapter x145
chapter xi156
chapter xii181
chapter xiii205
Modern English Novelists: Joseph Conrad by J. B. Priestly212
Biographical Timeline220
About the author
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster, and social commentator.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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