The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, Fiction
- Editore:
Wildside Press
- EAN:
9780809599349
- ISBN:
0809599341
- Pagine:
- 272
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, Fiction
Speaking of this novel, Conrad wrote, "The origin of THE SECRET AGENT: subject, treatment, artistic purpose, and every other motive that may induce an author to take up his pen, can, I believe, be traced to a period of mental and emotional reaction. "The actual facts are that I began this book impulsively and wrote it continuously. When in due course it was bound and delivered to the public gaze I found myself reproved for having produced it at all. Some of the admonitions were severe, others had a sorrowful note. I have not got them textually before me but I remember perfectly the general argument, which was very simple; and also my surprise at its nature. All this sounds a very old story now! And yet it is not such a long time ago. . . ."