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The Secret Agent
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LENGTH11 hrs and 47 mins
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RELEASE DATE06-21-11
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
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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What Members Say
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"Slow and confusing"
What did you like best about The Secret Agent? What did you like least?The Secret Agent is because I was assigned this for an English class. I had planned to use this as a way to reference back to it when I finally wrote the paper. My main complaint about this audio book is that the chapters do not match the book. This made it useless as a reference.
Would you be willing to try another book from Joseph Conrad? Why or why not?I would not try another if it is set up in the same format.
What does Peter Joyce bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?Peter Joyce did a good job in his performance.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?I have seen the movie adaptation of this book. I enjoyed the book more than the movie.
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