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"Perenially fascinating... When Joseph Conrad wrote The Secret Agent he was responding imaginatively to a real botched bomb attack on Greenwich, at a time when there was real panic about anarchist extremism throughout Europe" (Guardian)
"An astonishing book" (Ford Madox Ford)
"This damp, dark thriller dances about on satirical feet, from its opening paragraph to the very last, where it suddenly plunges like Chernobyl's core to our own apocalyptic times, seamed with petit-bourgeois envy and crazed fundamentalist dreams. Whether attacking the former or the latter, Conrad never lets go of his grim, twitchy smile." (Adam Thorpe Guardian)
"One of the two unquestionable classics of the first order that [Conrad] added to the English novel" (F.R. Leavis)
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Secret Agent
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45. Seller Inventory # G0385093527I5N00
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The Secret Agent
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1953
ISBN 10: 0385093527
ISBN 13: 9780385093521
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Softcover
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Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 2301159-6
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Secret Agent
Seller: Cameron Park Books, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. 1953 printing. Unmarked, bright and clean with slightly slanted spine. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book. Seller Inventory # mon0000012105
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Secret Agent
Seller: Antiquariat Biebusch, Lilienthal, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Gut. 253 S., 18cm Zustand: Falte im Rücken, sehr gut --- Inhalt: englischer Text, The Secret Agent is one of Conrad`s two supreme masterpieces, one of the two unquestionable classics of the first order that he added to the English novel, and, in its own way, it is like Nostromo in the subtle and triumphant complexity of its art - like, too, in not having had due critical recognition. HZ2-9 ISBN: 9780385093521 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 250. Seller Inventory # 74008
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THE SECRET AGENT
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Doubleday Anchor Book, 1953
ISBN 10: 0385093527
ISBN 13: 9780385093521
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Couverture souple
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
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Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60008051: 1953. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur bon état. 253 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # RO60008051
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The Secret Agent
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Doubleday Anchor, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1953
ISBN 10: 0385093527
ISBN 13: 9780385093521
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Mass Market Paperback
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Mass-market paperback, illustration on front wrapper, spine and back wrapper by Herby Steinberg showing the building of Greenwich, England, praise on back wrapper from F.R. Leavis, 253 lightly browned pages, tiny brown spots on exterior page edges, very light crease at bottom front right, slight wear to spine bottom edge, light wear to top back and long spine edges, light crease at top back left. Near Very Good. Seller Inventory # 24951
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THE SECRET AGENT : A Simple Tale
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Anchor Books/Doubleday, Garden City , NY, 1953
ISBN 10: 0385093527
ISBN 13: 9780385093521
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Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Vintage Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; sound w/nips, chips & rubs to edges & surface.Novel by Polish-British writer Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), dedicated to H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946). First published in 1907; this a 1953 softcover carrying a 1920 note from author. 253 pgs. Set in the 1886 London of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, depicting the rise of notions of anarchism, espionage, and terrorism presagin anarchist & revolutionary groups of the early 20th century. Story of the life of business man Adolf Verloc, who owns a Soho pornographic shop, and is a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). Protagonist Verloc lives a complex life w/wife, mother-in-law and handicapped (autistic?) brother-in-law Stevie, to whom he often plays a parental role. The novel was modified as a stage play by Conrad himself and has been adapted for film, TV, radio and opera. Seller Inventory # 020102
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