• Novels
• Polish Literature

• Type: Book
• Length: 442 pages

• Derivative: Sabotage, Film

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale

Set in London, England, in 1886, The Secret Agent is a 1907 spy novel by Polish author Joseph Conrad. - AsNotedIn

Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practically none at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law.

• Theme Group: British Espionage
• Theme Group: Literary London

Places

• Belgrave Square, London But when he went out he seemed to experience a great difficulty in finding his way back to his temporary home in the Belgravian square.
• Greenwich Park, Greenwich The whole civilised world has heard of Greenwich. The very boot-blacks in the basement of Charing Cross Station know something of it. See?
• Guildhall, London One evening, three days before the Guildhall Banquet, he sent word that he wanted to see me for a moment.
• London, England The shop was small, and so was the house. It was one of those grimy brick houses which existed in large quantities before the era of reconstruction dawned upon London.
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Greenwich The concussion made him tingle all over. He ran between the trees towards the Observatory.
• Soho, London, The change from the Belgravian square to the narrow street in Soho affected her legs adversely.
• West End London, Some time later, a month or so after my promotion to Chief Inspector, my attention was attracted to a big burly man, I thought I had seen somewhere before, coming out in a hurry from a jeweller's shop in the Strand.