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Read The Man in the Brown Suit in English, with German beside it
by Agatha Christie · 1890–1976
"The Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie is a detective novel published in 1924. When Anne Beddingfeld witnesses a man's death at a London tube station, she picks up a mysterious note that launches her into a dangerous adventure. Following clues across continents to South Africa, Anne pursues the truth about murder, stolen diamonds, and a shadowy international criminal known only as "the Colonel." With danger at every turn, she must uncover the real identity of the elusive man in the brown suit.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 342 min
- Words
- 75,217
- Chapters
- 40
- Paragraphs
- 2,642
- Price
- Free
- Detective and mystery stories
- London (England) -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- South Africa -- Fiction
- Women adventurers -- Fiction
It is most undignified for a heroine to be sea-sick.
Es ist höchst unanständig für eine Heldin, seekrank zu sein.
In books the more it rolls and tosses, the better she likes it.
In Büchern gefällt es ihr umso besser, je mehr das Schiff schlingert und stampft
When everybody else is ill, she alone staggers along the deck, braving the elements and positively rejoicing in the storm.
Wenn alle anderen krank sind, taumelt sie allein über das Deck, trotzt den Elementen und freut sich förmlich über den Sturm.
I regret to say that at the first roll the Kilmorden gave, I turned pale and hastened below.
Ich bedaure zu sagen, dass ich beim ersten Schlingern der Kilmorden blass wurde und hastig nach unten eilte.
A sympathetic stewardess received me.
Eine einfühlsame Stewardess nahm mich auf.
She suggested dry toast and ginger ale.
Sie schlug trockenen Toast und Ginger Ale vor.
I remained groaning in my cabin for three days.
Ich lag drei Tage lang ächzend in meiner Kabine.
Forgotten was my quest.
Meine Suche war vergessen.
I had no longer any interest in solving mysteries.
Ich hatte kein Interesse mehr daran, Rätsel zu lösen.
I was a totally different Anne to the one who had rushed back to the South Kensington square so jubilantly from the shipping office.
Ich war eine völlig andere Anne als diejenige, die so jubelnd vom Schifffahrtsbüro zurück in den Platz in South Kensington geeilt war.
I smile now as I remember my abrupt entry into the drawing-room.
Ich lächle jetzt, wenn ich meinen abrupten Eintritt in das Wohnzimmer erinnere.
Mrs. Flemming was alone there.
Mrs. Flemming war allein dort.
She turned her head as I entered.
Sie drehte den Kopf, als ich eintrat.
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 #61168
- Licence
- Public domain in the United States
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