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The Secret Agent

Yazan: Joseph Conrad
Seslendiren: David Horovitch
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Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent is a tale of anarchism, espionage, and terrorism. Our agent, a man named Mr Verloc, minds his own business while he keeps his shop in London's Soho, alongside his wife, who attends to her aged mother and disabled brother. Their lives are turned upside down when Verloc is reluctantly employed to plant a bomb and destroy an observatory in London. What was once the perfect bomb plot inevitably turns awry and Verloc, his family and his associates are forced to face the consequences. Conrad's later political novel bears all the hallmarks of his captivating style.

The Secret Agent brims with melodious and poetic language, alongside crystal-clear psychological insights that could only be the work of a uniquely gifted storyteller.

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Public Domain (P)2014 Naxos AudioBooks Classics Espionage European Genre Fiction Mystery Political Psychological Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Urban World Literature İngiltere
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"[David Horovitch's] warm, rich tone and English accent are a pleasure to hear. And once the action kicks in, his characterizations of gravel-voiced Eastern-European wanna-be terrorists, plummy government officials, and put-upon London shopkeepers illuminate the points that Conrad is making and add to the drama. This is an excellent and timely reissue of a profound novel." (AudioFile)
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Meant to read this for ages. Conrad captures the semi- comic world of bungling spies and the absurdity and hypocrisy of anarchism in late 19th century London. . It is a tragic tale with a macabre edge. No character comes out well, not even the all-sacrificing Winnie Verloc. Well worth the time it took to listen to it. David Horovitch is an excellent narrator, Conrad one of our greatest writers.

A different kind of Conrad.

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Horribly mundane little tale from Conrad, who was clearly making it up as he went along. Read in a workmanlike manner by Horovitch, but there's only so much you can do with such a story.
The ending left more loose ends than it tied up, and was thoroughly underwhelming.
I would suggest that the thing may only be of value from a historical point-of-view.

Underwhelming late Conrad with many loose ends

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I cannot understand why it has taken so many years to come across "The Secret Agent" after all Conrad"s "Outcast of the Islands" has been a great favourite of mine as a film starring Trevor Howard and Robert Morley, also the novel is a first class read.
Not only was the "The Secret Agent" listened too but i read it also ,by listening to the excellent David Horovitch rending and reading it on my Kindle.Firstly i listened to a chapter then i read the corresponding chapter. That way the story was completely absorbed in my mind.
Somehow i cannot imagine anyone narrating the story better than David Horovitch .
So excellent in performance and story.

Discovered at last.

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narrator created the best atmosphere with his tone, voicing characters and pacing of the narration

the narrator was perfect

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