The secret agent : a simple tale
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-19242000
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Now the subject of a major film, The Secret Agent is based on an actual attempt made in 1894 to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. A labyrinth of greed, corruption and betrayal, it is the most darkly humorous of all Conrad's novels.
Main title:
The secret agent : a simple tale / Joseph Conrad ; edited with an introduction and notes by Martin Seymour-Smith.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin, 1963.
Collation:
268 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Formerly CIP.Originally published with present introduction and notes: 1984.
ISBN:
0141182628 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
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BRN:
1060873
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