The Secret Agent
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| Author | Joseph Conrad |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Spy |
| Publisher | Methuen & Co |
| Released | September 1907 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 442 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
- This article is about the novel. For other uses see Secret Agent (disambiguation).
The Secret Agent is a 1907 novel by Joseph Conrad, a bleak and darkly comic story of spies, terrorists, anarchists and agents provocateurs of an unnamed foreign power plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th century. It is considered one of the first modern novels dealing with terrorism and espionage.
[edit] Adaptations
Conrad himself adapted the novel as a three-act drama of the same title in 1923. The novel formed the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's 1936 film, Sabotage, although many changes to the plot and characters were made. (Another 1936 Hitchcock film, Secret Agent, was based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham.) Conrad's novel, The Secret Agent, was also adapted sixty years later, in 1996, as a film starring Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette.
[edit] External links
- The Secret Agent, available at Project Gutenberg.
- Public domain audio recording of The Secret Agent from LibriVox
