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Der Geheimagent

Eine einfache Geschichte

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An edition of The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (1907)

Der Geheimagent

Eine einfache Geschichte

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Joseph Conrads Geheimagent spielt im Großstadt-Dschungel Londons und beruht auf einer wahren Begebenheit: dem Bombenanschlag auf die Sternwarte von Greenwich im Jahr 1894. Der anarchistische Attentäter Adolf Verloc führt ein abenteuerliches Doppelleben, das den Leser tief hineinführt in Agentenzirkel, Revoluzzertum und die Untiefen menschlicher Verworfenheit. Der Roman gipfelt in einer der berühmtesten Mordszenen der englischen Literatur. Eine spannende, ja aufregende Geschichte, befand schon der von ihr faszinierte Thomas Mann.

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Anaconda Verlag
Language
German
Pages
380

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Anarchists, fiction, Conspiracies, fiction, Bombings, fiction, Terrorism, fiction, Royal Greenwich Observatory, fiction, Drama, Trading companies, Dutch, Classic Literature, Moles (Spies), Political, British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author), English literature, Africa, fiction, Fiction, psychological, London (England), fiction, Fiction, political, Large type books, English Romances, Romance Ingles, English fiction, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Terrorists, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, General, Jewish, Christian, Biographical, Medical, Suspense, Science Fiction, Religious, Psychological, Occult & Supernatural, Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled, Historical, Fantasy, Classics, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Radicalism, Collected works (single author, multi-form), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Novela policíaca inglesa, American fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Secret agent, Conrad, Joseph, Secret agent (Conrad, Joseph), Conspiration -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Anarchistes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Attentats à la bombe -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Play, Terrorism, Fiction, Conspiracies, Anarchists, Bombings, Royal Greenwich Observatory

People

Adolf Verloc

Places

London (England), Borneo, England

Times

1900's

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Cover of: The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism
2016, W. W. Norton & Company
Paperback in English - First edition
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The secret agent
2014, WF Howes Ltd, W F Howes Ltd
in English
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Der Geheimagent: Eine einfache Geschichte
2014-04-07, Anaconda Verlag
Hardcover in German
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Secret Agent
2012, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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The secret agent
2008, Wilder Publications
in English
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The Secret Agent: Centennial Editon (Signet Classics)
April 3, 2007, Signet Classics
Paperback in English
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El agente secreto/The Secret Agent
June 30, 2005, Ediciones Catedra S.A.
Paperback in Spanish - 3 edition
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The secret agent
2003, Giunti
in English
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The secret agent: a simple tale
1997, Dent, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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The secret agent: a simple tale
1985, Penguin Books, Viking Penguin
in English
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SECRET AGENT, THE
December 1, 1983, Bantam Classics, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English

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Published in
Cologne, Germany
Other Titles
El agente secreto
Copyright Date
2013
Translation Of
The Secret Agent
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Ernst Wolfgang Freissler

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
380
Dimensions
18.7 x 12.2 x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26627125M
ISBN 10
3866479352
ISBN 13
9783866479357
OCLC/WorldCat
1074801404
Library Thing
7220
Deutsche National Bibliothek
1028685394
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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring. The novel is dedicated to H. G. Wells and deals broadly with anarchism, espionage, and terrorism. It also deals with exploitation of the vulnerable in Verloc's relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie, who has an intellectual disability. Conrad’s gloomy portrait of London depicted in the novel was influenced by Charles Dickens’ Bleak House.

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