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The Grand Babylon Hotel

Arnold Bennett

The Grand Babylon Hotel

Original publication
1902
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
422
Difficulty
★☆☆
Genres
Crime and Thriller, Adventure
Translated from
English

Book summary

Theodore Racksole, a wealthy and determined man, settles in a luxurious hotel where a strange event attracts his attention. Accompanied by his daughter Nella, he decides to investigate unusual incidents that hide a far more complex affair. Behind the splendor of the place lurk secrets and dangers. This novel combines intrigue, suspense, and an exploration of appearances. The author constructs a story where curiosity and audacity lead to the truth.

The plot

An American buys a hotel to get a steak. In London, Theodore Racksole, a very rich American, dines with his daughter Nella in a luxury hotel. The hotel refuses to serve them a steak.

The world of the book

The smartest hotel in London. The Grand Babylon stands in London, on the bank of the Thames. Kings and princes stay there, and one entrance is reserved for royal families. The hotel has no sign, and no one there ever…

The author

Arnold Bennett. Arnold Bennett was born in a town in the middle of England. At 21, he went to work in London for a firm of solicitors, then edited a women’s magazine. This novel, published in 1902, sold 50,000 copies.…

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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