Verloc, the secret agent, is ostensibly an anarchist, but in reality a spy of one of the big embassies. With an introduction and notes by hugh epstein, secretary of the joseph conrad society of great britain. This is a full and uptodate bibliography, a comprehensive chronology and a critical introduction which describes conrad s great london novel as the realization of a monstrous town, a place of idiocy, madness, criminality, and butchery. You can also read the full text online using our ereader.
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, rss feeds, cd cover or other formats if available, please go to the librivox catalog page for this recording. The secret agent by joseph conrad full text free book. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The secret agent by joseph conrad, free ebook global grey. It also discusses contemporary anarchist activity in the uk, imperialism, and conrad s narrative techniques. Pdf the secret agent book by joseph conrad free download. Project gutenberg offers 61,791 free ebooks to download. The first edition of the novel was published in 1907, and was written by joseph conrad. Verloc, the secret agent, is ostensibly an anarchist. A simple tale is set in london in 1886 and follows the life of mr. Then the vision of an enormous town presented itself, of a monstrous town. The secret agent is widely considered one of conrads finest novels, with modern critics praising its prescient forecast of 20th century politics and society. Joseph conrads success as a novelist has brought him immense popularity, acclaim and critical attention from all over.
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