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Secret Agent by Joseph. Conrad and Hugh Epstein (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWordsworth Editions, The Limited
ISBN-101853260657
ISBN-139781853260650
eBay Product ID (ePID)1085238
Product Key Features
Book TitleSecret Agent
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
TopicClassics, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorJoseph. Conrad, Hugh Epstein
Book SeriesClassics Library
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight2.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal823/.912
SynopsisWith an Introduction and Notes by Hugh Epstein, Secretary of the Joseph Conrad Society of Great Britain. 'Then the vision of an enormous town presented itself, of a monstrous town...a cruel devourer of the world's light. There was room enough there to place any story, depth enough for any passion, variety enough there for any setting, darkness enough to bury five millions of lives.' Conrad's 'monstrous town' is London, and his story of espionage and counter-espionage, anarchists and embassies, is a detective story that becomes the story of Winnie Verloc's tenacity in maintaining her devotion to her peculiar and simple-minded brother, Stevie, as they pursue their very ordinary lives above a rather dubious shop in the back streets of Soho. However, far from offering any sentimental picture, The Secret Agent is Conrad's funniest novel. Its savagely witty picture of human absurdity and misunderstanding is written in an ironic style that provokes laughter and unease at the same time, and that continues to provide one of the most disturbing visions of aspiration and futility in twentieth century literature.
LC Classification NumberPR6005.O4S4 2000
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