The Secret Agent - level 3

Adolf Verloc is a double agent, working for both the British police and a foreign country. He pretends to live a normal life, with his wife, Winnie, and has a shop in London, which, at night, becomes a meeting place for anarchists. One day Verloc is told to plant a bomb - but the plan goes terribly wrong

Does Verloc really love Winnie, or is she just part of his cover? Can Winnie ever forgive him? Who is Verloc really working for?

Info autore

Joseph Conrad, geb. 1857 in der Ukraine, war Sohn polnischer Landadliger. Ab dem siebzehnten Lebensjahr fuhr er für französische und englische Handelsgesellschaften zur See, Erwerb des Kapitänspatents zwölf Jahre später, 1884 Annahme der englischen Staatsbürgerschaft. Zahlreiche Roman-Veröffentlichungen. Der Autor verstarb 1924 in England.

Riassunto

Adolf Verloc is a double agent, working for both the British police and a foreign country. He pretends to live a normal life, with his wife, Winnie, and has a shop in London, which, at night, becomes a meeting place for anarchists. One day Verloc is told to plant a bomb - but the plan goes terribly wrong

Does Verloc really love Winnie, or is she just part of his cover? Can Winnie ever forgive him? Who is Verloc really working for?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joseph Conrad
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780194248228
• ISBN: 978-0-19-424822-8
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 212 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: Dominoes Level 3: 1'000 Headwords; DOMINOES; Dominoes three; Dominoes New Edition; Dominoes Current Edition; Dominoes Three: 1'000 Headwords; Dominoes; Dominoes Current Edition; Dominoes Three: 1'000 Headwords
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Letture / interpretazioni / ausili per la lettura > Inglese; Englisch; Lektüre