He lives with his wife Winnie, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Stevie. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives and bric-a-brac. Set in London in 1886, the novel follows the life of Adolf Verloc, a secret agent. īecause of its terrorism theme, it was one of the three works of literature most cited in the American media two weeks after the September 11 attacks. The novel was modified as a stage play by Conrad himself and has since been adapted for film, TV, radio and opera. Conrad’s gloomy portrait of London depicted in the novel was influenced by Charles Dickens’ Bleak House. It also deals with exploitation of the vulnerable in Verloc's relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie, who has an intellectual disability. Wells and deals broadly with anarchism, espionage, and terrorism. The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907.
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