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Into the Blue · Brodie
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The Oxford book of adventure stories
Margaret Atwood
EnglischEnglish Adventure storiesAbenteuererzählungShort storiesAbenteuererzahlung
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'The love of adventure, and of mystery, and of a good fight lingers in the minds of men and women.' Thus wrote Andrew Lang in 1887, and the enduring popularity of a genre that was in its heyday at the turn of the century shows no sign of waning. This anthology brings together 23 of the best adventure stories from the zenith of empire to our present fragmented post-colonial world. Pitched against the unknown, against the forces of nature and against man's own treachery, the protaganists' courage and heroism are put…
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