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Title: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Note: Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: Jo Churcher. HTML version by Al Haines. Corrections by Menno de Leeuw.
Summary: "The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the main character, Richard Hannay, who becomes embroiled in a thrilling conspiracy after a mysterious man named Franklin P. Scudder shows up at his flat, claiming to be a hunted man with vital information that could alter the fate of Europe. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Richard Hannay, an expatriate disillusioned by life in London after returning from South Africa. His dull existence is shaken when he encounters Scudder, who believes he holds knowledge that could prevent an imminent assassination plot against an important politician, Konstantine Karolides. Scudder narrates a bizarre tale of underground political maneuverings involving anarchists and conspirators before he is brutally murdered in Hannay's apartment, thrusting Hannay into a desperate race for survival as he becomes a fugitive, seeking both refuge and the truth behind the assassination plot. This gripping opening sets up an intense adventure filled with intrigue, danger, and espionage, making the reader eager to uncover what lies ahead for Hannay. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Buchan, John, 1875-1940
EBook No.: 558
Published: Jun 1, 1996
Downloads: 1209
Language: English
Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
Subject: Spy stories
Subject: Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject: Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Note: Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: Jo Churcher. HTML version by Al Haines. Corrections by Menno de Leeuw.
Summary: "The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the main character, Richard Hannay, who becomes embroiled in a thrilling conspiracy after a mysterious man named Franklin P. Scudder shows up at his flat, claiming to be a hunted man with vital information that could alter the fate of Europe. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Richard Hannay, an expatriate disillusioned by life in London after returning from South Africa. His dull existence is shaken when he encounters Scudder, who believes he holds knowledge that could prevent an imminent assassination plot against an important politician, Konstantine Karolides. Scudder narrates a bizarre tale of underground political maneuverings involving anarchists and conspirators before he is brutally murdered in Hannay's apartment, thrusting Hannay into a desperate race for survival as he becomes a fugitive, seeking both refuge and the truth behind the assassination plot. This gripping opening sets up an intense adventure filled with intrigue, danger, and espionage, making the reader eager to uncover what lies ahead for Hannay. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Buchan, John, 1875-1940
EBook No.: 558
Published: Jun 1, 1996
Downloads: 1209
Language: English
Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
Subject: Spy stories
Subject: Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject: Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.