The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale

Joseph Conrad

272 pages • first pub 1907 (editions)

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
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Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory things ...

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Community Reviews

3.38
based on 2,113 reviews

Moods

dark: 84%

mysterious: 68%

challenging: 48%

tense: 42%

reflective: 32%

sad: 25%

emotional: 21%

adventurous: 15%

funny: 5%

informative: 4%

Pace

7% of readers chose fast
39% of readers chose medium
53% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

22% of readers chose Plot
43% of readers chose A mix
32% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

39% of readers chose Yes
31% of readers chose Complicated
28% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

8% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
75% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

18% of readers chose Yes
7% of readers chose Complicated
67% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

81% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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