The Thirty-Nine Steps (Oxford World's Classics)

by Christopher Harvie (Editor), Christopher Harvie (Editor), John Buchan (Author)

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  1999

  $3.25

  John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of World War I. 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. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by police and spy-ring alike, and must outwit his intelligent and pitiless enemy in the corridors of Whitehall and, finally, at the site of the mysterious thirty-nine steps. The best-known of Buchan's thrillers, The Thirty-Nine Steps has been continuously in print since first publication and has been filmed three times, most notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935. In this critical edition, Christopher Harvie's introduction interweaves the writing of the tale with the equally fascinating story of how John Buchan, publisher and lawyer, came in from the cold and, via The Thirty-Nine Steps , ended the war as spy-master and propaganda chief.

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  Paperback
  2007

  $3.25

  Adventurer Richard Hannay has just returned from South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his London life - until a murder is committed in his flat, just days after the victim had warned him of an assassination plot that could bring Britain to the brink of war. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland, where he must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of the game - and warn the government before it is too late. One of the most popular adventure stories ever written, The Thirty-Nine Steps established John Buchan as the original thriller writer and inspired many other novelists and filmmakers including Alfred Hitchcock.

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  Paperback
  1995

  $6.53