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Read The Big Four in English, with German beside it
by Agatha Christie · 1890–1976
"The Big Four" by Agatha Christie is a detective novel published in 1927. When a dying stranger staggers into Hercule Poirot's bedroom and whispers about an international crime cartel, the famous detective and his friend Hastings find themselves pursuing a shadowy organization led by four powerful masterminds. Their investigation takes them across countries as they uncover kidnappings, mysterious murders, and a deadly new weapon, all orchestrated by criminals who seem always one step ahead.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 253 min
- Words
- 55,556
- Chapters
- 19
- Paragraphs
- 2,031
- Price
- Free
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Private investigators -- England -- Fiction
- Secret societies -- Fiction
"Not exactly a parson, but looked like one.
„Nicht gerade ein Pfarrer, aber sah so aus.
Soft black hat and mincing way of talking.
Weicher schwarzer Hut und eine schleichende Art zu sprechen.
Got a broken front tooth.
Hatte einen gebrochenen Frontzahn.
Spectacled chap.
Ein Brillenträger.
Saunders his name was.
Saunders hieß er.
Said he hoped I was repentant, and that he'd find me a good post.
Er sagte, er hoffe, ich sei reumütig, und er werde mir eine gute Stelle verschaffen.
I went to old Whalley on his recommendation."
Ich ging auf seine Empfehlung hin zu alten Whalley.“
About the author
Agatha Christie1890–1976
Agatha Christie was an English writer born in 1890 in Torquay and died in 1976 in Winterbrook.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #70114
- Licence
- Public domain in the United States
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