{"product_id":"the-secret-agent-by-joseph-conrad-fiction-9780809594702","title":"The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Conrad\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wildside Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wildside Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaking of this novel, Conrad wrote, \"The origin of The Secret Agent: \u003c\/strong\u003esubject, treatment, artistic purpose and every other motive that may induce an author to take up his pen, can, I believe, be traced to a period of mental and emotional reaction. The actual facts are that I began this book impulsively and wrote it continuously. When in due course it was bound and delivered to the public gaze I found myself reproved for having produced it at all. Some of the admonitions were severe, others had a sorrowful note. I have not got them textually before me but I remember perfectly the general argument, which was very simple; and also my surprise at its nature. All this sounds a very old story now! And yet it is not such a long time ago. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the top books cited following the Sept.11, 2001 attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45409764835479,"sku":"9780809594702","price":1574.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780809594702.webp?v=1767311850","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-secret-agent-by-joseph-conrad-fiction-9780809594702","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}