Mr. Standfast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buchan, John.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (587 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 1919.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

World War I espionage thriller meets modern-day morality tale in Mr. Standfast, the third of five Richard Hannay novels written by acclaimed storyteller John Buchan. Follow Hannay's exploits as a soldier and a spy in a fast-paced book that echoes may of the themes and motifs of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.

Contents:

Title; Contents; PART I; Chapter One - The Wicket- Gate; Chapter Two - 'The Village Named Morality'; Chapter Three - The Reflections of a Cured Dyspeptic; Chapter Four - Andrew Amos; Chapter Five - Various Doings in the West; Chapter Six - The Skirts of the Coolin; Chapter Seven - I Hear of the Wild Birds; Chapter Eight - The Adventures of a Bagman; Chapter Nine - I Take the Wings of a Dove; Chapter Ten - The Advantages of an Air Raid; Chapter Eleven - The Valley of Humiliation; PART II; Chapter Twelve - I Become a Combatant Once More; Chapter Thirteen - The Adventure of the Picardy Chateau

Chapter Fourteen - Mr Blenkiron Discourses on Love and WarChapter Fifteen - St Anton; Chapter Sixteen - I Lie on a Hard Bed; Chapter Seventeen - The Col of the Swallows; Chapter Eighteen - The Underground Railway; Chapter Nineteen - The Cage of the Wild Birds; Chapter Twenty - The Storm Breaks in the West; Chapter Twenty-One - How an Exile Returned to His Own People; Chapter Twenty-Two - The Summons Comes for Mr Standfast

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77651-123-9

OCLC:

609860662