39 Steps (Chapter Summary)

39 Steps

Chapter Summary

Chapter 1: I think the book immediately hooked me in a the start since I  
(surprisingly) saw a dead body. Franklin and Richard` talked about the “Black
Stone,” a group planning to kill Mr. Karolides. Franklin Scudder knew the Black
Stone was after him. Later, Richard decided to go to sleep early, and that’s when
he woke up and saw the dead body of  Franklin Scudder.

Chapter 2: He knew that the Black Stone had killed him, and he also knew that
his apartment wasn’t safe. He went to the  bread bin to grab some bread, and
noticed his notebook was there, and felt more happy. After he escaped the
apartment, he went to the Milkman and asked for his outfit and went to the
Train Station and left.

Chapter 3: Riding on the train safely away from police, he read the notebook and
didn’t quite understand. To him, the words were pretty meaningless. Soon he
changed trains and arrived at a station at night. He ended up sleeping on a patch
of grass, hidden with the plants.

Chapter 4: Richard got bitten by a “cross-eyed dog” as he left another train, he
started running through the moorland again. A plane flew by, looking for Richard,
so Richard hid in some plants. Then he found a car with the keys in the ignition
parked perfectly, so Richard drove the car away from the plane through a forest.

Chapter 5: Richard Hannay was driving, until there was a twist in the road that
Richard drove over, and crashed down into a forest. He climbed up and found a
bike, which he used and carried on. The plane spotted Richard once again, so
Richard dumped the bike in the bush, and started running on his feet. A few cars
had spotted him, and ran over, so Richard picked up a hammer and took off his
jacket and rubbed dirt all over himself so he looked like he had been working on the
roads.

Chapter 6: At night, he slept in the grass once again, but in the morning he was
seen by a couple of policemen and started running towards a house. A man told
him to come inside, but the man knew him. The man had a security guard with a
revolver, that followed Richard’s every move. Accidentally, he knocked over
candles on his papers and the house was soon on fire. The revolver fired, but by
that time Richard already escaped.

Chapter 7: Richard hid on top of a old birdhouse, but soon when it was clear he
ran off. He made his way to a train station again, and hopped on.  After a few train
rides, he saw a bridge with a man standing on it. The man knew Richard, too. He
was Sir Walter Bullivant, the man Richard was searching for. They went to Sir
Walter’s home, and found out that Mr Karolides was dead an hour ago.

Chapter 8: Sir Walter and Richard talked about ‘The Black Stone’ and hopped in
a car where they drove and drove away. Sir Walter went to the chief constable and
the body was cleared out of the apartment, and the chief constable believed
Richard. The “First Sea Lord” came out, and Richard knew that the Sea Lord knew
him. He was working for the Black Stone, and now he knew all their plans.

Chapter 9: The impostor was already gone by now, so Richard and Sir Walter
talked for a while. Then Richard left to the beach, until they saw a villa with 39
steps down to the beach. He went inside, and there was two men eating dinner.
Richard tried to arrest them, until they fired a gun at him and threw candlesticks.
The front door burst open and Police came inside to arrest the Black Stone. Two
Weeks after when the War broke out, Richard joined the army. He felt prepared
and proud of himself.

The End

I had to create a Chapter summary for my book of 39 Steps, a book I'm reading in my reading group. I had to write down a summary after I read each chapter in a small paragraph. That's all.