Thread: MobileRead Discussion: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (spoilers)
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Old 06-22-2010, 03:04 PM   #14
WT Sharpe
Bah, humbug!
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I rather enjoyed the book. It wasn't the finest thing I've ever read, but it was short, and best of all, it provided a breather to catch up with some of my other reading.

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The reason it's such a familiar story to a modern reader is simply that it's been so much copied. When it was written, it was a new kind of story, which is why it's regarded as a classic.
Exactly.
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