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the secret agent a simple tale
mr verloc the secret agent keeps a shop in londons 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 londons fashionable society in the darkest and most surprising interrelations . br based on the text which conrads first english readers enjoyed this new edition includes a full and up to date bibliography a comprehensive chronology and a critical introduction which describes conrads great london novel as the realization of a monstrous town a place of idiocy madness criminality and butchery . it also discusses contemporary anarchist activity in the uk imperialism and conrads narrative techniques . br about the series for over 100 years oxford worlds classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe . each affordable volume reflects oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities voluminous notes to clarify the text up to date bibliographies for further study and much more .
paperback oxford university press usa 2008 isbn13 9780199536351 isbn10 019953635x
abridged n isbn 13 9780199536351 number in series 1 number of pages 245 publisher oxford univ pr release date 62135769600000 series title oxford worlds classics