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The Secret Agent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1907

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How does The Secret Agent present anarchism and anarchists?

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In what ways does The Secret Agent explore Britain’s status as a colonial power?

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The Greenwich Observatory holds a museum of timepieces and has a demarcation line of Greenwich Meantime. How does Conrad explore the concept of time?

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