ISBN |
9780199536351 |
Name |
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 |
Title |
The secret agent : a simple tale Joseph Conrad ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Lyon. |
Edition |
New ed. / edited with an introduction and notes by John Lyon. |
Published |
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Description |
liv, 245 p. ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Oxford world's classics |
Notes |
Originally published in 1907. |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
"This absurdist story is noted for its adept characterizations, melodramatic irony, and psychological intrigue. In a corrupt London underworld of criminals, terrorists, and fanatics, Mr. Verloc is assigned to plant a bomb. The tragic repercussions for his family show how Conrad's ironic voice is concerned not with politics but with the terrible fates of ordinary people. Adolf Verloc is a languid Eastern European secret agent posing as a London shop owner with anarchist leanings who is ordered to dynamite Greenwich Observatory. The plot fails when Verloc's mentally retarded brother-in-law is accidently killed by the explosives. Verloc's wife Winnie murders Verloc in a fit of rage. She commits suicide after she is betrayed by Ossipon, one of her husband's anarchist associates. Inspired by an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up London's Greenwich Observatory."--Amazon.com. |
Subjects |
Conspiracies -- Fiction |
Anarchism and anarchists -- Fiction |
Bombings -- Fiction |
Anarchists -- England -- London -- Fiction |
Bombings -- Fiction |
Conspiracies -- Fiction |
Terrorism -- Fiction |
London (England) -- Fiction |
London (England) -- Fiction |
Genre |
Political fiction |
Political fiction |
Political fiction |
Added Names |
Lyon, John, 1956- |
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