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The Secret Agent

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  • Title: The Secret Agent
  • Author: Joseph Conrad
  • Genre/Subject: English literature
  • Publisher: Kindle
  • Number of pages: 400
  • Publication Date: 1907
  • Finish date: 3/30/2020

Review:

Conrad is credited with his introduction of true realism to English literature, and this is a great example of that.

Dirty, poverty stricken violent anarchists. Unlikeable protagonists, and everybody dies or wants to by the end.

Loved this.

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How I discovered or acquired this book: Read a quote from it somewhere

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Check out author’s other books? Y

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Ratings (1-10, 10 being exceptional):

  • Quality of writing – 8
  • Pace – 8
  • Plot development – 8
  • Characters – 8
  • Enjoyability – 8
  • Insightfulness – 7
  • Ease of reading – 6
  • Photos/illustrations – n/a

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