The Secret Agent (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781721066766)

Set in London in 1886, the novel follows the life of Adolf Verloc, a secret agent. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives and bric-a-brac. He lives with his wife Winnie, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Stevie. Stevie has a mental disability, possibly autism, 4] which causes him to be excitable; his sister, Verloc's wife, attends to him, treating him more as a son than as a brother. Verloc's friends are a group of anarchists of which Comrade Ossipon, Michaelis, and "The Professor" are the most prominent. Although largely ineffectual as terrorists, their actions are known to the police. The group produces anarchist literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F.P., an acronym for The Future of the Proletariat

Author: Joseph Conrad
ISBN-10: 1721066764
ISBN-13: 9781721066766
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/12/2018
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.4
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 70610 / Secret Agent