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Foreword: Dennis F. Mahoney
Introduction: Ellis Shookman
SOPHIE VON LA ROCHE
From The History of Miss von Sternheim
Glossary
Translated by Ellis Shookman
GEORG FORSTER
From A Voyage round the World
Glossary
CHRISTOPH MARTIN WIELAND
The Case of teh Ass's Shadow
From The History of the Abderites
Glossary
Translated by Ellis Shookman
KARL PHILIPP MORITZ
From Anton Reiser
Glossary
Translated by P.E. Matheson, revised by Ellis Shookman
WILHELM HEINSE
From Ardinghello
Glossary
Translated by Ellis Shookman
ULRICH BRAKER
From The Life Story and Real Adventures of the Poor Man of Toggenburg
Glossary
Translated by Derek Bowman
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Emilie Leveau
reviewed Eighteenth Century German Prose: Heinse, la Roche, Wieland, and Others: Heinse, la Roche, Wieland and Others, Vol. 10 on January 19, 2010
Eighteenth Century German Prose: Heinse, la Roche, Wieland, and Others: Heinse, la Roche, Wieland and Others, Vol. 10
Scotsman John Buchan's fabulous The Thirty-Nine Steps is rightly considered a seminal classic in the Adventure/Spy genre and it is for good reason it was on The Guardian's Best 100 English Novels list at #42.
This exciting tale of espionage defined the man-on-the-run tale in breathless fashion, and was the first of the author's Richard Hannay tales. What remains remarkable is the contemporary prose. Though it takes place before the first World War, offering insight into the view of what was happening at that time, the tale is timeless, and with minor changes, could easily be a thrilling espionage adventure told in our day. Books need to be judged within their context, and while most do, some don't. This classic has a solid four-star average after hundreds of reviews on Amazon in the US, which accurately reflects how much fun this is to read.
That's not to say some of what happens isn't implausible, almost Cornell Woolrich implausible, but with a style and pace which makes Robert Ludlum seem lethargic ' no easy task ' the reader is having so much fun they simply don't care. Reading The Thirty-Nine Steps is fun and exciting, which is what it is supposed to be. Watching Hannay escape time after time until the thrilling confrontation and conclusion is exhilarating.
Buchan writes as though using lighting bolts rather than a pen, and we're just along for the electric-charged ride. The Thirty-Nine Steps is the quintessential can't-put-down read. That thrill you got as a youngster reading a mystery adventure by flashlight beneath the covers was captured by Buchan and moved forward into adulthood, and on that level it doesn't just succeed, it shines. It's on The Guardian's list for good reason.
The book differs from Hitchcock's famous British film adaptation in that there is no love interest for Hannay here; frankly because as a boys adventure story brought into adulthood, it isn't needed. A rollicking good old-fashioned tale that set a bar seldom reached since. Fabulous fun and quite enjoyable when read, if you don't make comparisons with spy novels written many decades later, and why would you do that? This edition of this seminal work has an excellent biography at the end readers will most likely enjoy. Highly recommended.
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