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The Grand Babylon Hotel

Arnold Bennett

The Grand Babylon Hotel

Paper book: €30.99

Digital: €10.99

Original publication
1902
Bilingual edition
12 June 2026
Pages
544
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller, Adventure
Moods
Solve a mystery, Escape it all
Translated from
English

Book summary

One June evening in London, the American millionaire Theodore Racksole dines with his daughter Nella at the Grand Babylon, the smartest hotel in town. The head waiter refuses to serve them steak and beer, which he thinks unworthy of the house: Racksole buys the hotel that very evening. He soon discovers that its corridors hide a disappearance and a plot involving European princes.

A humorous adventure novel in which a businessman leads the investigation himself, helped by his daughter Nella, who is as bold as he is.

Fast-paced and full of twists, the novel is a pleasure to read in the language you are learning.

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…

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