"The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale" is a 1907 novel by Joseph Conrad. It follows Mr Verloc, a shopkeeper and secret agent in London, his family, and anarchist associates caught up in a terrorist plot. It is worth listening to for its tense atmosphere and psychological depth.
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Opening of the book
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SECRET AGENT
a simple tale
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JOSEPH CONRAD
SECOND EDITION
МЕТНИЕN & СО.,
36 ESSEX STREET W C.
LONDON
First Published . . . September 1907
Second Edition . . . October 1907
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H. G. WELLS
THE CHRONICLER OF MR LEWISHAM'S LOVE
THE BIOGRAPHER OF KIPPS AND THE
HISTORIAN OF THE AGES TO COME
THIS SIMPLE TALE OF THE XIX CENTURY
IS Affectionately offered
CHAPTER I
Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practically none at all before the
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