《The Secret Agent; a Simple Tale》作者： - Joseph Conrad 【EPUB】

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The Secret Agent A Simple Tale Author: Joseph Conrad Release Date: December 25, 2008 [eBook #974] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SECRET AGENT*** Transcribed from the 1907 Methuen & Co edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org the SECRET AGENT a simple tale by JOSEPH CONRAD second edition methuen & co. , 36 essex street w c. london First Published . . . September 1907 Second Edition . . . October 1907 TO H. G. WELLS the chronicler of mr lewisham’s love the biographer of kipps and the historian of the ages to come this simple tale of the xix century is affectionately offered CHAPTER I 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. 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.?? The shop was a square box of a place, with the front glazed in small