Joseph Conrad’s dark satire on English society
In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. While rooted in the Edwardian period, Conrad’s tale remains strikingly contemporary, with its depiction of Londoners gripped by fear of the terrorists living in their midst.
This edition of The Secret Agent contains a chronology, further reading, notes and maps of London and Greenwich. In his introduction, Michael Newton discusses London’s real-life world of political anarchy, and Conrad’s portrayal of the Verlocs’ marriage.
Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, in 1857. After both of his parents died of tuberculosis, Conrad went to live with his uncle in Switzerland. After attending school in Kraków, he joined the French and then the British merchant marines, sailing to exotic destinations like the West Indies and the Congo, which would later become the backdrops for some of his fiction. In 1894 he settled down in England and began his literary career. In 1902 Conrad published his most famous work, Heart of Darkness, and continued to write until his death in 1924.
1、康拉德非海洋性非殖民主義的大陸小說,也同樣不錯; 2、這本與 在西方的注視下 形成互文,俄羅斯虛無主義與無政府主義的幽靈始終在大陸遊蕩,騷亂著本就搖搖欲墜的秩序; 3、如何抵抗有毒的思潮及其恐怖主義行動?在蓄意安排的一個個醜陋失敗史中,康拉德道德譴責的嚴厲近乎...
評分“... ...南美洲,那是個太陽光暴烈,充滿野蠻革命的大陸,有大片的鹽湖,鹽湖就像一麵鏡子,映襯齣天空的皺眉和微笑,是世界光明的反射鏡。一幅巨大城市的圖像浮現齣來,這是個畸形的大城市,其人口比某些大陸的人口都要多,城市內部集聚著巨大的人造威力,仿佛可以漠視天空的...
評分“... ...南美洲,那是個太陽光暴烈,充滿野蠻革命的大陸,有大片的鹽湖,鹽湖就像一麵鏡子,映襯齣天空的皺眉和微笑,是世界光明的反射鏡。一幅巨大城市的圖像浮現齣來,這是個畸形的大城市,其人口比某些大陸的人口都要多,城市內部集聚著巨大的人造威力,仿佛可以漠視天空的...
評分Penguins Classics版的Intro實在是太好瞭。【因為懶,此處沒有詳細說明】 除瞭Wiki上講的小說三大主題:Terrorism, Anarchism, espionage,還有超多有趣的東西。【因為懶,此處沒有詳細列舉;有興趣,移步上段】 索性扯點pre講不到的內容吧。雖然主綫是the Secert Agent Verl...
評分如此瑣碎、陳舊和節奏緩慢的描述,都是錯誤的行動,好比螞蟻盲目地使勁兒,也無法推動食物一樣,混沌效應和布朗運動的結閤,但是,這麼有思維定式的一群人,結果是一群傻子。 官僚氣息的描述,是漫畫模式的,不是很貼切。我覺得勒卡雷對官僚的描述是有味道的,康...
Conrad's own political vision seems to be more interesting than this winding narrative of anarchism.
评分Conrad's own political vision seems to be more interesting than this winding narrative of anarchism.
评分Conrad's own political vision seems to be more interesting than this winding narrative of anarchism.
评分Author's Note在附錄……
评分Author's Note在附錄……
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