Thirty-Nine Steps

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: J. Buchan, John Buchan
• Assisted by: Keith Carabine (Editor), Cedric Watts (Introduction), Keith Carabine (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.1993
• EAN: 9781853260803
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-080-3
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 197 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Wordsworth Classics; Wordsworth classics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Adventure / action fiction