The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. Set in London in the last decade of the 19th century, this is an ironic tale of the seedy "demi-monde" of espionage, counter-espionage and the miseries inflicted on innocent and simple people by political extremism. It draws on Conrad's own emotional background and experience.展开