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The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

The Secret Agent

Original publication
1907
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
569
Difficulty
★★★
Genres
Crime and Thriller, Philosophy
Translated from
English

About this book

Adolf Verloc, a double agent living in London, leads an outwardly ordinary life while engaging in clandestine activities. Assigned a dubious mission, he becomes caught in a chain of events that quickly escapes his control. Around him, his wife Winnie and others suffer the consequences of his choices. The narrative gradually reveals tensions between political manipulation and personal tragedy. The author presents a dark exploration of terrorism, loyalty, and the human cost of ideology.

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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