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OverviewConrad was born on 3 December 1857 in Berdychiv (Polish: Berdyczow), Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire; the region had once been part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. He was the only child of Apollo Korzeniowski-a writer, translator, political activist, and would-be revolutionary-and his wife Ewa Bobrowska. He was christened Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski after his maternal grandfather Jozef, his paternal grandfather Teodor, and the heroes (both named Konrad ) of two poems by Adam Mickiewicz, Dziady and Konrad Wallenrod, and was known to his family as Konrad , rather than Jozef .Though the vast majority of the surrounding area's inhabitants were Ukrainians, and the great majority of Berdychiv's residents were Jewish, almost all the countryside was owned by the Polish szlachta (nobility), to which Conrad's family belonged as bearers of the Nalecz coat-of-arms. Polish literature, particularly patriotic literature, was held in high esteem by the area's Polish population.The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joseph ConradPublisher: Independently Published Imprint: Independently Published Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.299kg ISBN: 9798665171852Pages: 144 Publication Date: 10 July 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |