THE SECRET AGENT

TheSecretAgent(1907)buildsatriangleofconspiracy,whichisdestroyed,bytheself-intersetofitsparticipants.MrVerloc,employedbyaforeignembassytoincriminateananarchistgroup,insteaddestroyshisfamily,hisillusions,andhisownlife,inaterroristactgoneutterlywrong.Conrad'sironicandtroublingnovelexposesthefutilityofpoliticalextremismandthestrength,andvanityofhumanillusion.--ThistextreferstothePaperbackedition.作者简介：JosephConrad(1857-1924),Knownprimarilyasawriterofseastoriesinhisowntime,conradhassincebeenacclaimedasaleadinginfluenceintheModernistmovement,withhisnovelsdisplayingamasterfulnarra-tivetechniques.Firstpublishedinbookformin1907,TheSecretAgentisasubtlestudyofespionageandanarchyinEdwardinaEngland.OneofConrad'sdarkestandmostthrillingnovels,F.R.Leavisthoughtita'classicofthefirstorder'.