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The Secret Agent: Level ThreeAt first, Joseph Conrad did not dare to call this book a novel. He traveled to Montpellier in February 1906 with his small family, telling...
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At first, Joseph Conrad did not dare to call this book a novel. He traveled to Montpellier in February 1906 with his small family, telling himself that he was composing a short story, entitled 'Verloc', the name of the central character. As always, he wrote slowly, in a stubborn mood of exasperation an uncertainty, laboring in a foreign language.
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| Authors | Joseph Conrad |
| Editors | Michael Newton |
| Fiction Genre | History • Fiction |
| Fiction Subgenre | Conflicts & Dualities • Conspiracies • Conspiracies - Fiction • Family & Friendship • Human Qualities & Behavior • Mystery & Crime • Politics • Settings • Society & Social Issues • Dutch • Military / Weapons • Literary • Literary Genres & Types Of Novels • Modern / 17th Century • Types Of Characters • Political Ideologies / Anarchism |
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| Professional Reviews | Washington Post Book World: "[H]as the thrills of a John le Carre or one of Graham Greene's sinister entertainments, but Conrad did it first." |
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| Publisher's Note | Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practically none at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law. |
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Conrad's "The Secret Agent"
Pros: Intellectually tumid. Cons: Can be stylistically awkward. Read More at Epinions.com |
