The Secret Agent
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071FRSXRT |
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| Number of Pages | : | 355 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Reveals the gulf between what people say and their true intentions Amy Merrick Conrad's novel follows the plight of Verloc, a lazy and self-satisfied spy who loafs through evening meetings with anarchists who are all talk and no action. Verloc's life is upended when his new boss suddenly orders him to create a provocation that will force a police crackdown on the anarchists. What makes the story so intriguing is that Conrad constantly reveals the gulf between the characters' outward actions and their private motives. While the novel initially seems to belong to Verloc, eventually it becomes clear that the heart of the story is with his wife, Winnie, and her desperate efforts to protect her disabled younger. The story it tells is considered by many readers to be one of Conrad's best works. The book was published in 1907 This free book is a classic. The story it tells is considered by many readers to be one of Conrad's best works. The book was published in 1907, and it is based on an actual event that transpired at the end of the nineteenth century. The protagonist in the book is Adolf Verloc who has been working in England for the embassy of a foreign government to create troubles for England. The book is called "A Simple Tale," and ironic description, because it is far from simple. Matters change for Verloc when the anarchists with whom he is working decide to blow up a building. Verloc's superior explains to him why his prior practice for som. "Hitchcockian Terror" according to The Garden Interior. We live in uncertain and even dangerous times. Cruel beheadings are shown on the internet, stories of war and terror lead the nightly news and the daily paper is crammed with reports of violence and mayhem. It is easy to think that our age is perhaps especially cruel. And yet it isn’t. Not long ago it was the brutality of communist systems that appalled the West, of terror rampages of the Bader Meinhof Gang or the Munich Olympics, the mad mullahs of Iran and so on.So it is interesting to find a superbly written book about terror in a time long ago. The Secret Agent is just such a book, and how marvelous it is. Its subject
Joseph Conrad based one of the characters on the French anarchist, Martial Bourdin, who was killed in Greenwich Park when a bomb he was transporting, exploded. Verloc has a strange family life on top of a group of friends who belong to a terrorist group promoting anarchy. Set in 1866 London, this book tells the story of Adolf Verloc, a shopkeeper turned anarchist. This changes when the group plans a dangerous terrorist attack, targeting one of London's most iconic landmarks. Mr. The Secret Agent is a Victorian terrorist tale that has found a new audience with today's audiences. Although the group is relatively harmless, they do publish rebellious literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F.P, which brings them to the attention of the police. Conrad does a fantastic job of weaving his words into a mysterious and intriguing story that will keep you entertained until the very end.. The Secret Agent is in part, inspired by real life events