The Most Dangerous Game
From one of America's most popular short story writers and an Academy Award nominee: the O. Henry Award-winning tale that inspired the movie The Hunt. A subject of mysterious rumors and superstition, the deserted Caribbean Island was shrouded in an air of peril. To Sanger Rainsford, who fell off a yacht and washed up on its shores, the abandoned isle was a welcome paradise. But unknown to the big-game hunter, a predator lurked in its lush jungles-one more dangerous than any he had ever encountered: a human. First published in 1924, this suspenseful tale has inspired serial killers, films and stirred controversy in schools. A century on, t…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5040-6263-3
- EAN: 9781504062633
- Produktnummer: 33848160
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 37 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'003 KB
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Richard Connell (1893-1949) was an American author and journalist best remembered for his short story The Most Dangerous Game (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time, and his stories were published in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's magazines. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and his screenplay for the movie Meet John Doe was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942.
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