The Thirty-Nine Steps (Wordsworth Classics) - Softcover

Buchan GCMG GCVO CH PC Baron Tweedsmuir, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853260800 ISBN 13: 9781853260803

Verlag: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators. The Thirty-Nine Steps is a seminal ‘chase’ thriller, rapid and vivid. It has been widely influential and frequently dramatised: the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock became a screen classic. This engaging novel also provides insights into the inter-action of patriotism, fear and prejudice.

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With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators. The Thirty-Nine Steps is a seminal `chase' thriller, rapid and vivid. It has been widely influential and frequently dramatised: the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock became a screen classic. This engaging novel also provides insights into the inter-action of patriotism, fear and prejudice.

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John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of the First World War. In it he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an 'ordinary fellow', is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1853260800
• ISBN 13: 9781853260803
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128