ISBN: 0c5d31fc927e4ed42a6d0e6eae3c9849

In the back streets of nineteenth-century London, a group of revolutionaries plot an incident intended to turn English complacency on its ear. Their objective: the destruction of one of t… Plus…

In the back streets of nineteenth-century London, a group of revolutionaries plot an incident intended to turn English complacency on its ear. Their objective: the destruction of one of the nation's proudest monuments of scientific achievement, the Greenwich Observatory. Unbeknownst to the schemers, however, their ringleader is an agent provocateur, driven by a complex array of ambiguous motives and conflicting loyalties.As this masterpiece of atmospheric realism and psychological depth unfolds, readers will savor the ironic narrative technique for which Conrad is justly famed, as well as the compelling characterizations that breathe life into his cast: Adolph Verloc, proprietor of an obscure Soho shop, whose double life encompasses a quiet family circle, friendship with a band of anarchists, and allegiance to a foreign government; Verloc's wife, Winnie, whose desperation to maintain a home for her simple-minded brother overrules her suspicions about her husband's activities; and Stevie, the man-child whose innocence proves the means of his undoing.One of the first and greatest espionage thrillers, The Secret Agent remains as engrossing and effective as when it was first published in 1907. Classics fiction AU,DE,ES,FR,GB,UK,IT,MX,US, English Literature, Dover Publications<

ISBN: 0c5d31fc927e4ed42a6d0e6eae3c9849

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an… Plus…

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory things go disastrously wrong, and what appears to be "a simple tale" proves to involve politicians, policemen, foreign diplomats and London's fashionable society in the darkest and most surprising interrelations... Classics a legacy of spies john le carre, georgian mysteries, gilded newport mystery, historical mysteries england, little women amazon classics, quantum spy, stella rimington , AF,AS,AG,AR,AW,AU,BH,BJ,BO,BI,CL,CN,DE,ECCI,FR,,GP,IT,CA,,KI,CC,CO,CG,LA,,MX,NP,NZ,NF,PK,,PGPH,PR,SC,SL,SB,ES,SH,SR,TH,US,GB,UK,AT English Literature, Ozymandias Press<

ISBN: 0c5d31fc927e4ed42a6d0e6eae3c9849

Vintage Books European Literary Collections Joseph Conrad, Almayer's Folly, Heart of the Darkness, A Set of Six, A Smile of Fortune, The Secret Sharer, Prince Roman, Freya of the Seven Is… Plus…

Vintage Books European Literary Collections Joseph Conrad, Almayer's Folly, Heart of the Darkness, A Set of Six, A Smile of Fortune, The Secret Sharer, Prince Roman, Freya of the Seven Isles, The Partner, The Inn of the Two Witches, Because of the Dollars, The Planter of Malata, The Warrior's Soul, The Tale, An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle, Lord Jim, The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story, Typhoon, Romance, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Chance, Victory: An Island Tale, The Shadow Line, The Arrow of Gold, The Rescue, The Rover, Tales of Unrest, Youth, The End of the Tether, Amy Foster, Falk, To-morrow, The Black Mate , AU,DE,ES,FR,GB,UK,IT,MX,US English Literature, Vintage Books<