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Peter the Brazen

George Worts

Peter the Brazen

Paper book: €26.99

Digital: €6.99

Original publication
1919
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
750
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Adventure, Children's Literature
Moods
Escape it all
Translated from
English

Book summary

Peter Moore, a wireless operator on Pacific liners, has the sharpest ear in the trade. In San Francisco's Chinatown, a woman throws him a note from a window ordering him to keep away. Soon he picks up a call for help in Morse code, and a young American woman is kidnapped. The adventure takes him all the way to a river near Shanghai, towards the domain of the “Grey Dragon”, a powerful mine owner.

A fast-moving mystery in early twentieth-century China, with a hero who has more daring than caution.

Its fast pace and direct sentences make it easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Seruan minta tolong lewat radio di laut lepas. Peter Moore adalah operator radio di kapal-kapal penumpang Pasifik. Pendengarannya begitu tajam sehingga ia menangkap pesan yang tak terdengar oleh orang lain.

The world of the book

Tiongkok di masa awal radio. Buku ini terbit tahun 1919, saat kapal penumpang besar menghubungkan San Francisco dan Tiongkok.

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