The Secret Agent
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13
Themes
All Themes Anarchy, Terrorism, and Corruption Foreigners and the Modern City Weakness, Vulnerability, and Abuse Loyalty, Conventionality, and Rebellion
Quotes
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
Symbols
All Symbols London
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Flashbacks Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Oxymorons Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony
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Joseph Conrad

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