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