<영어로 읽는 고전_아가사 크리스티의 비밀의 적>
비밀의 적(The Secret Adversary)은 영국 작가 Agatha Christie의 두 번째 출판된 탐정 소설로, 1922년 1월 영국에서 The Bodley Head에 의해 처음 출판되었고 미국에서는 같은 해 후반에 Dodd, Mead and Company에 의해 출판되었다.


The Secret Adversary is the second published detective novel by British author Agatha Christie, first published in England in January 1922 by The Bodley Head and later in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company. It became.

요약
1919년 런던에서 제대된 군인 토미 베레스포드는 어린 시절 친구이자 전쟁 지원자인 프루던스 "투펜스" 카울리와 만난다. 돈을 벌기 위해 그들은 "The Young Adventurers, Ltd"를 창업한다. 첫 번째 고객인 Mr Whittington은 Tuppence가 의심스러울 정도로 관대한 제안을 하는데..

Summary
In London in 1919, Tommy Beresford, a discharged soldier, meets his childhood friend and war supporter, Prudence "Two Pence" Cowley. To make money, they start "The Young Adventurers, Ltd". The first customer, Mr Whittington, makes Tuppence a suspiciously generous offer.

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG ADVENTURERS, LTD.
CHAPTER II. MR. WHITTINGTON’S OFFER
CHAPTER III. A SET BACK
CHAPTER IV. WHO IS JANE FINN?
CHAPTER V. MR. JULIUS P. HERSHEIMMER
CHAPTER VI. A PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER VII. THE HOUSE IN SOHO
CHAPTER VIII. THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY
CHAPTER IX. TUPPENCE ENTERS DOMESTIC SERVICE
CHAPTER X. ENTER SIR JAMES PEEL EDGERTON
CHAPTER XI. JULIUS TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER XII. A FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER XIII. THE VIGIL
CHAPTER XIV. A CONSULTATION
CHAPTER XV. TUPPENCE RECEIVES A PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XVI. FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOMMY
CHAPTER XVII. ANNETTE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE TELEGRAM
CHAPTER XIX. JANE FINN
CHAPTER XX. TOO LATE
CHAPTER XXI. TOMMY MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXII. IN DOWNING STREET
CHAPTER XXIII. A RACE AGAINST TIME
CHAPTER XXIV. JULIUS TAKES A HAND
CHAPTER XXV. JANE’S STORY
CHAPTER XXVI. MR. BROWN
CHAPTER XXVII. A SUPPER PARTY AT THE SAVOY
CHAPTER XXVIII. AND AFTER