The Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924 creator text utu 1997 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale" by Joseph Conrad is a novel first published in installments in 1905–1906 and in book form in 1907. Set in 1886 London, it follows Adolf Verloc, a secret agent and shop owner who lives with his wife Winnie and her intellectually disabled brother Stevie. When Verloc is pressured to bomb Greenwich Observatory to provoke public outrage against anarchists, the operation goes catastrophically wrong. The story explores themes of espionage, terrorism, exploitation, and the devastating consequences of deception within a family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Agent Release date is 1997-07-01 David Price Original publication data not identified London (England) -- Fiction Political fiction Conspiracies -- Fiction Anarchists -- Fiction Bombings -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/974 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/974 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133038.0 974