The Thirty-nine Steps
Richard Hannay’s boredom is soon relieved when the resourceful engineer is caught up in a web of secret codes, spies, and murder on the eve of WWI. This exciting action-adventure story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1939 classic film of the same name. John Buchan (1875-1940) was Governor General of Canada and a popular novelist. Although condemned by some for anti-Semitic dialog in The Thirty-Nine Steps, his character’s sentiments do not represent the view of the author who was identified in Hitler’s Sonderfahndungsliste (special search list) as a "Jewish sympathiser." (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Detective Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers
Language: English
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Play 01 | Chapter 1 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:30:13 |
Play 02 | Chapter 2 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:16:31 |
Play 03 | Chapter 3 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:30:14 |
Play 04 | Chapter 4 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:27:48 |
Play 05 | Chapter 5 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:23:11 |
Play 06 | Chapter 6 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:36:50 |
Play 07 | Chapter 7 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:26:31 |
Play 08 | Chapter 8 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:19:10 |
Play 09 | Chapter 9 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:15:39 |
Play 10 | Chapter 10 | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:34:35 |