內容介紹
In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs.
基本信息
The story is wovenaround an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verlac, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.
