"The Secret Agent" is a grim, gritty, cynical tale set in the world
of the anarchists and secret agents around the start of the 20th
century. There are no blind romantics, no overwhelming causes, and
no anarchistic politics. As is often the case with Joseph Conrad,
this is a story about people, people in an exotic world. The
setting is London, the crime an attempt to blow up the Greenwich
Observatory. The motives are far from pure: money, careerism, hack
value, a peaceful mind. Mrs. Verloc, an anarchist's wife, is at the
center of the tale. As Conrad tells us, and shows us repeatedly,
she is not a woman to look beneath the surface of things, but she
is a woman of some depth. The story in "The Secret Agent" is sad.
It is a tragedy, and the ending seems inevitable given the players
Conrad has set in motion. This is probably appropriate given the
subject matter. The writing is excellent and the tale well told. If
you are a reader who gives extra points to depressing stories, this
one should receive a five on sheer grimness alone.
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