The Thirty-Nine Steps |
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Author:
| Buchan, John |
ISBN: | 979-8-6189-6987-1 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2020 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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I returned from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted withlife. I had been three months in the Old Country, and was fed up with it. If anyone had told me ayear ago that I would have been feeling like that I should have laughed at him; but there was thefact. The weather made me liverish, the talk of the ordinary Englishman made me sick. I couldn'tget enough exercise, and the amusements of London seemed as flat as soda-water that has beenstanding in the...
More DescriptionI returned from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted withlife. I had been three months in the Old Country, and was fed up with it. If anyone had told me ayear ago that I would have been feeling like that I should have laughed at him; but there was thefact. The weather made me liverish, the talk of the ordinary Englishman made me sick. I couldn'tget enough exercise, and the amusements of London seemed as flat as soda-water that has beenstanding in the sun. "Richard Hannay," I kept telling myself, "you have got into the wrong ditch,my friend, and you had better climb out...