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The Yellow Crayon

Edward Phillips Oppenheim

The Yellow Crayon

Paper book: €24.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1903
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
606
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller
Moods
Solve a mystery
Translated from
English

Book summary

Mr Sabin, an old exiled French duke, lives happily in Massachusetts with his wife Lucille, until the day she disappears in New York. Anonymous letters, written in yellow crayon, order him to return home. The crayon is the mark of a secret society of European nobles, determined to halt the rise of the socialists.

Mr Sabin follows Lucille to London, where the society is using her to influence a powerful minister. Alone, this old man stands up to a formidable organisation, amid elegant drawing rooms and political intrigue.

Full of suspense, this novel is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

老人尋找失蹤的妻子。法國老公爵薩賓先生和妻子露西爾在美國過著幸福的日子。有一天,妻子前往紐約,從此一去不回。

The world of the book

紐約與倫敦之間,1900年前後。小說描寫的是巨富階層的生活。他們住在紐約的豪華大飯店,在倫敦與大臣和王公共進晚餐,搭遠洋郵輪橫渡大洋。然而在歐洲,越來越多的社會主義者想要削弱貴族的權力。為了自保,一些顯赫的貴族家族成立了一個祕密結社。

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