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  1. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is an anarchist spy fiction 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).

    • Joseph Conrad
    • 1907
  2. A plot summary of the novel The Secret Agent, which depicts the lives of a group of anarchists and a spy in London. The story follows the events leading up to a bombing in Greenwich Park, which kills the spy's mentally disabled stepson and leads to his wife's murder.

  3. The Secret Agent. Joseph Conrad, John Lyon (Editor) 3.59. 22,986 ratings1,782 reviews. 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.

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    • Paperback
  4. The Secret Agent: With Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Charlie Hamblett, Marie Critchley. Verloc, the owner of a seedy shop in Victorian Soho, plays a dangerous game spying on an agitating anarchist group that will prove useful to the foreign power he is secretly working for.

    • (1.1K)
    • 2016-07-17
    • Drama, Thriller
    • 60
  5. The Secret Agent is a three-part British espionage television drama serial based on the 1907 novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. The show stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham, David Dawson and Ian Hart. The three-part series began airing on BBC One on 17 July 2016.

  6. Jun 28, 1997 · A classic novel of espionage and terrorism in late Victorian London, written by the Polish-born British author Joseph Conrad. Read the full text online or download the ebook for free.

  7. The Secret Agent, novel by Joseph Conrad, first published serially in the New York weekly Ridgeway’s in 1906–07 and in book form in 1907. This absurdist story is noted for its adept characterizations, melodramatic irony, and psychological intrigue. Adolf Verloc is a languid eastern European secret.

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