Conrad, Joseph Edited By Harkness, Bruce Edited By Reid, S. W.

The Secret Agent, a Simple Tale

      Cambridge University Press, 1990. BRAND NEW HARDBACK 8.5 by 1.22 inches. (469 pages) the secret agent (1907) is a compelling tale of espionage and terrorism set in edwardian london. this new edition is based on a painstaking comparison of the original manuscript of the work. the secret agent (1907) is a compelling tale of espionage and terrorism set in edwardian london. this new edition is based on a painstaking comparison of the original manuscript of the work. the secret agent (1907) is a compelling tale of espionage and terrorism set in edwardian london. ironically subtitled âa simple taleâ™, it paints a terrifying portrait of revolutionaries and anarchists whose personal lives are as barren and futile as their public acts of violence. it concludes with the unwitting accomplice of a would-be terrorist blowing himself to bits with his own bomb, the terrorist's subsequent murder by his own wife, and the wifeâ™s own suicide. this new edition is based on a painstaking comparison of the original manuscript of the work. the result is a new text, purged of the printersâ™ errors and editorial interventions that have been reproduced in all previous printings. there is also a critical introduction, an essay on the text, a textual apparatus, and helpful explanatory notes. the secret agent (1907) is a compelling tale of espionage and terrorism set in edwardian london. ironically subtitled âa simple taleâ™, it paints a terrifying portrait of revolutionaries and anarchists whose personal lives are as barren and futile as their public acts of violence. it concludes with the unwitting accomplice of a would-be terrorist blowing himself to bits with his own bomb, the terroristâ™s subsequent murder by his own wife, and the wifeâ™s own suicide. this new edition is based on a painstaking comparison of the original manuscript of the work with its first, truncated appearance in the american magazine ridgewayâ™s: a militant weekly for god and country, and with all subsequent book-form publications overseen by conrad himself. the result is a new text,...