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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale

by Joseph Conrad

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  1. 01Front matter~1 min
  2. 02CHAPTER I~15 min
  3. 03CHAPTER II — part 1~25 min
  4. 04CHAPTER II — part 2~23 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II — part 3~8 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III — part 1~25 min
  7. 07CHAPTER III — part 2~13 min
  8. 08CHAPTER IV — part 1~25 min
  9. 09CHAPTER IV — part 2~9 min
  10. 10CHAPTER V — part 1~25 min
  11. 11CHAPTER V — part 2~19 min
  12. 12CHAPTER VI — part 1~25 min
  13. 13CHAPTER VI — part 2~24 min
  14. 14CHAPTER VI — part 3~9 min
  15. 15CHAPTER VII — part 1~25 min
  16. 16CHAPTER VII — part 2~7 min
  17. 17CHAPTER VIII — part 1~25 min
  18. 18CHAPTER VIII — part 2~25 min
  19. 19CHAPTER VIII — part 3~5 min
  20. 20CHAPTER IX — part 1~25 min
  21. 21CHAPTER IX — part 2~25 min
  22. 22CHAPTER IX — part 3~7 min
  23. 23CHAPTER X — part 1~25 min
  24. 24CHAPTER X — part 2~2 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XI — part 1~24 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XI — part 2~25 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XI — part 3~25 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XII — part 1~25 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XII — part 2~25 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XII — part 3~17 min

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Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practically none at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business. And, moreover, his wife was in charge of his brother-in-law. The shop was small, and so was the house. It was one of those grimy brick houses which existed in large quantities before the era of reconstruction dawned upon London. The shop was a square box of a place, with the front glazed in small panes. In the daytime the door remained closed; in the evening it stood discreetly but suspiciously ajar.

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