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The Secret Agent

Audiobook

Inspired by an... actual terrorist attack on Greenwich Laboratory in 1894 'The Secret Agent' is arguably Conrad's greatest work Mr Verloc, the spy, is roused to action by his masters. He is to instigate an act 'of destructive ferocity so absurd as to be incomprehensible, inexplicable, almost unthinkable; in fact, mad'. All does not run smoothly however and leads to Mr Verloc's wife, Winnie, demonstrating how quickly rational equilibrium can change to frenzied destruction. Setting his story in a subterranean grimy London peopled by deceptive, dishonourable characters, Conrad not only reminds us of the futility of mindless aggression but also of how near it is to the surface of human behaviour.


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Publisher: Assembled Stories Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781860153068
  • File size: 338675 KB
  • Release date: November 4, 2011
  • Duration: 11:45:34

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781860153068
  • File size: 339178 KB
  • Release date: November 4, 2011
  • Duration: 11:45:29
  • Number of parts: 10

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Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1050
Text Difficulty:6-9

Inspired by an... actual terrorist attack on Greenwich Laboratory in 1894 'The Secret Agent' is arguably Conrad's greatest work Mr Verloc, the spy, is roused to action by his masters. He is to instigate an act 'of destructive ferocity so absurd as to be incomprehensible, inexplicable, almost unthinkable; in fact, mad'. All does not run smoothly however and leads to Mr Verloc's wife, Winnie, demonstrating how quickly rational equilibrium can change to frenzied destruction. Setting his story in a subterranean grimy London peopled by deceptive, dishonourable characters, Conrad not only reminds us of the futility of mindless aggression but also of how near it is to the surface of human behaviour.


Expand title description text