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LibriVox recording of The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan. Reading by Adrian Praetzellis.
Richard Hannay’s boredom is soon relieved when the resourceful engineer is caught up in a web of secret codes, spies, and murder on the eve of WWI. This exciting action-adventure story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1939 classic film of the same name. John Buchan (1875-1940) was Governor General of Canada and a popular novelist. Although condemned by some for anti-Semitic dialog in The Thirty-Nine Steps, his character’s sentiments do not represent the view of the author who was identified in Hitler’s Sonderfahndungsliste (special search list) as a “Jewish sympathiser.” (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox
Artist/Composer: John Buchan
Date: 2008-07-13
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; mystery; spies
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| 39_steps_0807_librivox_128kb.m3u | 128kbps M3U | Stream |
| 39_steps_0807_librivox_64kb.m3u | 64Kbps M3U | Stream |
| 39_steps_0807_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 119 MB |
| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 01 - The Man who Died | 28 MB | 16 MB | 14 MB |
| 02 - The Milkman Travels | 15 MB | 8.66 MB | 7.56 MB |
| 03 - The Literary Innkeeper's Adventure | 28 MB | 22 MB | 14 MB |
| 04 - The Adventure of the Radical Candidate | 25 MB | 15 MB | 13 MB |
| 05 - The Adenture of the Spectacled Roadman | 21 MB | 12 MB | 11 MB |
| 06 - The Adventure of the Bald Archaeologist | 34 MB | 20 MB | 17 MB |
| 07 - The Dry-Fly Fisherman | 24 MB | 14 MB | 12 MB |
| 08 - The Coming of the Black Stone | 18 MB | 10 MB | 8.78 MB |
| 09 - The Thirty-Nine Steps | 14 MB | 8.29 MB | 7.17 MB |
| 10 - Various Parties Converging on the Sea | 32 MB | 19 MB | 16 MB |
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| 39_steps_0807_librivox_files.xml | Metadata | 12 KB |
| 39_steps_0807_librivox_meta.xml | Metadata | 1.55 KB |
| 39_steps_0807_librivox_reviews.xml | Metadata | 1.91 KB |
![[4.0 out of 5 stars]](/images/star.png "[4.0 out of 5 stars]")
Reviewer: macropod - - April 23, 2009
Subject: Great voice
Umm. Not sure I agree with the last reviewer. I found the story lacked continuity in places, and the ending was for me a fizzler.
However, the reader (Adrian Praetzellis) was excellent and I aggree that his voice characterisations were first class, especially the Scottish farmer. It was truly unintelligibly authentic.
Reviewer: FNH - - July 24, 2008
Subject: Free Audio, Review
As a fan of the story, the moment I saw this I was hitting the download button.
I find the story exciting, thrilling and a real joy. The hero is a man of action, not a trained spy, not a dyed in the wool hero, just Johnny on the Spot who's prepared to do his bit.
There are chases, disguises and secret codes to top it off with all of the standard spy story requirements. It's an excellently put together story and I have to say the reader in this case was just as excellent as the story itself.
The story opens with the protagonist bored out of his skull, and the reader portrays this perfectly. Later when things start to liven up, the reader lives up to that as well with excitement and threat(!) in his voice. As a huge bonus his voice characterisations are a delight.
This is a MUST LISTEN title from Librivox.
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