The Secret Agent

A Simple Tale (Penguin Classics)

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Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent (2007, Penguin Classics)

Paperback, 320 pages

English language

Published Sept. 25, 2007 by Penguin Classics.

ISBN:
978-0-14-144158-0
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OCLC Number:
123113490

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Inspired by an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up London's Greenwich Observatory, here is a chillingly prophetic examination of contemporary terrorism-and the literary precursor to today's espionage thriller.

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Subjects

  • Modern fiction
  • 20th Century English Literature
  • Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • English
  • Literature: Classics
  • Classics
  • Fiction / Classics
  • Literary