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The Thirty Nine Steps is a book that works well because of it's simplicity. The narrator and hero is likeable, the action moves fast and the enemy plot is obscure without being difficult to follow. It manages to hold on to it's own character in the face of later similar novels and contains a couple of memorable scenes.
It's simply an example of good storytelling. A hundred year old novel that's as engrossing as something published today. I've found few other novels of that age can match it for pure readability.
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