The Secret Agent


THE SECRET AGENT
A SIMPLE TALE

by
JOSEPH CONRAD

second edition

methuen & co.,
36 essex street w c.
london

First Published . . . September 1907
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

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII