The Secret Agent

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First published 1907 Published in Penguin Books 1965 by an arrangement with the Trustees of the Joseph Conrad Estate and J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd Reprinted 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (twice), 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980 (twice), 1981, 1982 Reprinted in Penguin English Library 1984

Introduction and Notes Copyright © Martin Seymour-Smith, 1984 All rights reserved

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