Detective novel about an attempt to blow up Greenwich Observatory, a story of the underworld of London, of anarchists and spies.

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, London is considered to be one of the world's most important global cities. Such a historically important city has certainly left its legacy in the imagination of writers. Check out the tales full of London's atmosphere selected by critic August Nemo: - Lost in a London Fog by Louisa May Alcott - London Impressions by Stephen Crane - A London Life by Henry James - The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad - Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street by Virginia Woolf - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

The book tells the story of Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy against Britain. Verloc is a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives and bric-a-brac. His friends are a group of anarchists of which Comrade Ossipon, Michaelis, and "The Professor" are the most prominent. The group produces anarchist literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F.P. – The Future of the Proletariat. Although a member of an anarchist cell, Verloc is also secretly employed by the embassy of a foreign country, but Mr. Vladimir, the new First Secretary in the Embassy is not satisfied with Verloc's contribution. In order to redeem himself, Verloc must carry out an operation – the destruction of Greenwich Observatory by a bomb.

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This carefully crafted ebook: “The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad: 20 Novels & 26 Short Stories (Including Memoirs, Essays & Letters in One Single Edition)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. TABLE OF CONTENTS Novels Almayer's Folly An Outcast of the Islands The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Heart of Darkness Lord Jim The Inheritors Typhoon & Falk The End of the Tether Romance Nostromo The Secret Agent The Nature of a Crime Under Western Eyes Chance Victory The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold The Rescue The Rover Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel (unfinished) Short Stories Point of Honor: A Military Tale Falk: A Reminiscence Amy Foster To-morrow Karain, A Memory The Idiots The Outpost of Progress The Return Youth 'Twixt Land and Sea A Smile of Fortune The Secret Sharer Freya of the Seven Isles Gaspar Ruiz The Informer The Brute An Anarchist The Duel Il Conde The Warrior's Soul Prince Roman The Tale The Black Mate The Planter of Malata The Partner The Inn of the Two Witches Because of the Dollars Play One Day More Memoirs, Letters and Essays Collected Letters A Personal Record The Mirror of the Sea Notes on My Books Notes on Life & Letters Autocracy And War The Crime Of Partition A Note On The Polish Problem Poland Revisited Reflections On The Loss Of The Titanic Certain Aspects Of Inquiry Protection Of Ocean Liners A Friendly Place On Red Badge of Courage Biography & Critical Essays Joseph Conrad (A Biography) by Hugh Walpole Joseph Conrad, A Personal Remembrance by Ford Madox Ford The Making of an Author by Robert Lynd Tales of Mystery by Robert Lynd Joseph Conrad by John Albert Macy A Conrad Miscellany by John Albert Macy Joseph Conrad & The Athenæum by Arnold Bennett Joseph Conrad by Virginia Woolf Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent universe.