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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
by Conrad, Joseph
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Creators: Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) "The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale" by Joseph Conrad is a novel first published in installments in 1905–1906 and in book form in 1907. Set in 1886 London, it follows Adolf Verloc, a secret agent and shop owner who lives with his wife Winnie and her intellectually disabled brother Stevie. When Verloc is pressured to bomb Greenwich Observatory to provoke public outrage against anarchists, the operation goes catastrophically wrong. The story explores themes of espionage, terrorism, exploitation, and the devastating consequences of deception within a family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 44276