The Thirty-nine Steps

By: John Buchan
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  • 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)
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Episodes
  • Chapter 10

    Chapter 10
    Oct 6 2024
    35 mins
  • Chapter 9

    Chapter 9
    Oct 6 2024
    16 mins
  • Chapter 8

    Chapter 8
    Oct 6 2024
    19 mins

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