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by Jacques Futrelle · 1875–1912
"The Problem of Cell 13" by Jacques Futrelle is a short story first published in 1905. The tale features Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, "The Thinking Machine," who claims nothing is impossible when the human mind is properly applied. To prove his theory, he accepts an extraordinary challenge: escape from a prison cell within one week. This acclaimed mystery has been adapted multiple times for television, radio, and stage, and appears in numerous collections of greatest detective stories.
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- Read time
- 354 min
- Words
- 77,782
- Chapters
- 10
- Paragraphs
- 2,737
- Price
- Free
- Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
- College teachers -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Van Dusen, Augustus S. F. X. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
"The people who employed her--husband and wife--have been away for a couple of days," Hatch rushed on.
„Die Leute, die sie beschäftigten – Mann und Frau – waren für ein paar Tage verreist“, stürzte Hatch hervor.
"She was in the suite alone.
„Sie war allein in der Suite.
This noon she had not appeared, there was an odor of gas and the door was broken in.
An jenem Mittag war sie nicht erschienen, es roch nach Gas und die Tür war eingeschlagen.
Then she was found dead."
Dann fand man sie tot.“
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #57669
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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