Mr Standfast

Mr Standfast (1919)
by John Buchan

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the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1919. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Greenmantle (1916). The title is taken from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, which is referenced throughout the novel.

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TO
THAT MOST GALLANT COMPANY
THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SOUTH
AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE
ON THE WESTERN FRONT

NOTE

The earlier adventures of Richard Hannay, to which occasional reference is made in this narrative, are recounted in The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle.
J.B.

Chapters (not listed in original)

Part I

Chapter 1: The Wicket Gate
Chapter 2: 'The Village Named Morality'
Chapter 3: The Reflections of a Cured Dyspeptic
Chapter 4: Andrew Amos
Chapter 5: Various Doings in the West
Chapter 6: The Skirts of the Coolin
Chapter 7: I Hear of the Wild Birds
Chapter 8: The Adventures of a Bagman
Chapter 9: I Take the Wings of a Dove
Chapter 10: The Advantages of an Air Raid
Chapter 11: The Valley of Humiliation

Part II

Chapter 12: I Become a Combatant Once More
Chapter 13: The Adventure of the Picardy Chateau
Chapter 14: Mr Blenkiron Discourses on Love and War
Chapter 15: St Anton
Chapter 16: I Lie on a Hard Bed
Chapter 17: The Col of the Swallows
Chapter 18: The Underground Railway
Chapter 19: The Cage of the Wild Birds
Chapter 20: The Storm Breaks in the West
Chapter 21: How an Exile Returned to His Own People
Chapter 22: The Summons Comes for Mr Standfast

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1919, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1940, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 83 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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