The Thirty-nine Steps (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Buchan
- First Published: 1915
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Spy
- Time of Work: 1914
- Setting: England and Scotland
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Spy fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, 1910’s, England or English people, Detectives, Mysteries, Scotland or Scottish people, Espionage or spies, Private investigators, International relations, Impostors or imposture
- Locales: London, England, Scotland
Characters Discussed
Richard Hannay, a well-to-do retired mining engineer. Wishing to protect himself from Scudder’s murderers and to relay to proper authorities Scudder’s secret coded information (in a small black book), Hannay escapes to Scotland to hide but at the same time gives the impression that he killed Scudder. He evades the pursuing Black Stone and the police, as well as decoding Scudder’s book; by doing so, he learns of invasion plans against England and informs Sir Walter. Revealing the imposture of the false First Lord of the Admiralty and finally...
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