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THE SECRET AGENT - JOSEPH CONRAD KARTONIERT (TB)

The Secret Agent is Joseph Conrad's dark satire on English society  edited with an introduction
and notes by Michael Newton in Penguin Classics.  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
Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. While rooted in the Edwardian period 
Conrad's tale remains strikingly contemporary  with its depiction of Londoners gripped by fear
of the terrorists living in their midst.   This edition of The Secret Agent contains a
chronology  further reading  notes and maps of London and Greenwich. In his introduction 
Michael Newton discusses London's real-life world of political anarchy  and Conrad's portrayal
of the Verlocs' marriage.  Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in the Ukraine and grew up under
Tsarist autocracy. After spending years in the French  and later the British Merchant Navy 
Conrad left the sea to devote himself to writing. In 1896 he settled in Kent  where he produced
within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth   Heart of Darkness   Lord Jim   Typhoon  
Nostromo   The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes .  If you enjoyed The Secret Agent   you
might like Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Demons   also available in Penguin Classics.  'A brilliant book
one of the greatest works of modern irony' Malcolm Bradbury

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