03052cam a2200505 a 4500 1688092 OSt 20260718081424.0 990319s1998 enk b 000 1 eng 99186624 9781853260650 [newsprint] DLC DLC DLC e-uk-en 21 Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. author. The secret agent : a simple tale / Joseph Conrad ; introduction and notes by Hugh Epstein. Oxford [England] ; Wordsworth Editions Limited, c2000. xxiii, 220 pages ; 19.6 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Oxford world's classics Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiii]-xxiv). Contents: Introduction -- Author's note -- The secret agent -- Notes. "With 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." -- Provided by the publisher Adult Lauron, Rodello General Education Literature Lauron, Rodello General Education Literature Text in English Conspiracies Fiction. Anarchists Fiction. Bombings Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Political fiction. lcsh Tennant, Charles Roger, 1919-2003. Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/99186624-d.html 7 cbc orignew 2 ncip 19 y-gencatlg ddc BK Sharyn[new] 01/08/2016 Gian [edited] 12/03/2025 Janna [edited] 06/18/2026 4666 4666 0 0 ddc 0 0 UCBL_MAIN UCBL_MAIN SUBJ.REF 2016-01-08 823.912 C76 2000 3UCBL000007919 2016-01-08 c.1 2016-01-08 SR 0 0 ddc 0 0 UCBL_MAIN UCBL_MAIN SUBJ.REF 2016-01-08 823.912 C76 2000 3UCBL000013763 2026-06-18 c.2 2016-01-08 SR