The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
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- First published
- 1907
- Pages
- 170Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 3 hours7 half-hour sittings
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- Not set
A little about the story
An attempted bombing in London draws together a shopkeeper, his family, police and political radicals. Conrad reveals the human consequences by moving through the events out of order.
Conrad lets the reader learn the meaning of an action after seeing its effects on someone else. The disorder of the account brings the domestic consequences close without letting the people who plan the violence give it a tidy explanation.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- political fiction about private lives
- London settings
- narratives that reveal causes out of order
Read slowly through the changes in viewpoint and time. The domestic story is crucial to the political one.
Things You May Not Know About The Secret Agent
- Verloc keeps a shop. The premises connect his household with the political and police worlds around him.
- Winnie is central to the domestic plot. Her decisions help give the public events their private consequences.
About this edition
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