The Secret Agent — Joseph Conrad
Теми: класика
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Second Edition . . . October 1907
TO H. G. WELLS
THE CHRONICLER OF MR LEWISHAM’S LOVE THE BIOGRAPHER OF KIPPS AND THE HISTORIAN OF THE AGES TO COME
THIS SIMPLE TALE OF THE XIX CENTURY IS AFFECTIONATELY OFFERED
CHAPTER I
Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practically none at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law.
The shop was small, and so was the house. It was one of those grimy brick houses which existed in large quantities before the era of reconstruction dawned…
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