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The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad · 1907 · Novel

Setting: 1907 / 1886

Synopsis

**The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale** is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Anarchists, fictionConspiracies, fictionBombings, fictionTerrorism, fictionRoyal Greenwich Observatory, fictionDramaTrading companiesDutchClassic LiteratureMoles (Spies)needs-review

openlibrary_id: OL39108W

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