The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by John Buchan, first published in 1915. The story is told from the perspective of Richard Hannay, an ordinary man who stumbles into a plot involving espionage, murder, and the impending start of World War I. He must race against time to thwart the enemies' plans and clear his name.

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I: The Man Who Died

II: The Milkman Sets Out on His Travels

III: The Adventure of the Literary Innkeeper

IV: The Adventure of the Radical Candidate

V: The Adventure of the Spectacled Roadman

VI: The Adventure of the Bald Archaeologist

VII: The Dry-Fly Fisherman

VIII: The Coming of the Black Stone

IX: The Thirty-Nine Steps

X: Various Parties Converging on the Sea

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