The Secret Agent
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Themes
All Themes Anarchy, Terrorism, and Corruption Foreigners and the Modern City Weakness, Vulnerability, and Abuse Loyalty, Conventionality, and Rebellion
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Characters
All Characters Mr. Adolf Verloc Mrs. Winnie Verloc Stevie Mr. Vladimir Chief Inspector Heat The Assistant Commissioner Comrade Alexander Ossipon Michaelis The Professor Winnie’s Mother Sir Ethelred Cab Driver
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All Symbols London
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The Secret Agent

by

Joseph Conrad
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London symbolizes the inhospitality and profound alienation that Conrad implies is characteristic of modern life. Its drab physical environment mirrors the loneliness, malaise, and sometimes overt hostility that people experience in industrialized society. In the…

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