柯林斯经典文学：三十九级台阶 Collins Classics: The Thirty-Nine Steps 英文原版 John Buchan

基本信息

Format Paperback | 160 pages

Dimensions 111 x 178 x 10mm | 90g

Publication date 22 Jun 2012

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint William Collins

Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Statement UK ed.

ISBN10 0007449933

ISBN13 9780007449934

书籍信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

柯林斯公司自豪地推出其新系列的受喜爱的基本经典作品

歌剧院里，杂耍表演结束的舞台上，报幕员走上舞台，隆重介绍“记忆先生”梅里克。借惊人的记忆，梅里克回答着观众各种刁钻古怪的问题。嘈杂的人群中，加拿大男人汉纳提问了一个有关加拿大地理方面的问题，“记忆先生”准确地给出答案。枪声！两声枪响，让原本嘈杂不堪的歌剧院顿时陷入混乱。人群涌向出口，一个陌生而漂亮的女子紧跟着汉纳，在拥挤的人群中挤出歌剧院，随汉纳来到他租住的布兰特公寓。女子自称施密斯，受雇于英国间谍机构，因保护英国空军防空机密而遭到陌生人的追踪。施密斯的任务是前往苏格兰，与一个右手小拇指缺一截的男人接头。男人是秘密间谍组织“三十九级台阶”的负责人。透过窗帘，汉纳确实看到窗外的墙根下站着两个神秘的男子。入夜，施密斯突然闯进汉纳的房间，丢下一句“快走！下一个将是你”后，倒地死去，背后插着一把尖刀。施密斯小姐的死，让汉纳感到恐惧，接着又觉得疑惑。怀着恐惧而疑惑的心情，汉纳逃出旅馆，搭上火车，前往苏格兰。火车上，汉纳从报纸上看到警察已经发现了施密斯的尸体，自己却成了凶杀犯正被警方通缉。陌生女人的告密，让警察闻讯而至。汉纳机智的甩开警察的追捕，跳下火车，来到苏格兰的一处农庄......

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'I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.'

When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime suspect. He flees to the moors of Scotland and a spirited chase begins as he is pursued by the police and the German spies involved with stealing British plans.

Buchan's tale unfolds into one of the seminal and most influential 'chase' books, mimicked by many, yet unrivalled in the tension and mystery created by his writing. Buchan reveres Hannay as an ordinary man who puts his country's good before his own and the classic themes of the novel influenced many films and subsequent 'man-on-the-run' novels.

作者简介

约翰-布坎（1875-1940）是一位苏格兰小说家、历史学家和联盟党政治家，曾担任加拿大总督。他写了近30部小说，7本短篇小说集，以及一些传记，包括沃尔特-斯科特爵士、凯撒-奥古斯都和奥利弗-克伦威尔的传记。然而，他出名的是他的冒险小说--其中知名的是《三十九级台阶》，该书已经过多次戏剧和电影改编。

John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. He wrote nearly 30 novels, seven collections of short stories, and a number of biographies, including biographies of Sir Walter Scott, Caesar Augustus, and Oliver Cromwell. However, he is most known for his adventure fiction - the most famous of which is The Thirty-Nine Steps, which has undergone several theatre and film adaptations.