Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Die Maus des Löwen
Für wen es gedacht ist
Readers who like romantic suspense with a fast plot, a mystery about a hidden past, daring escapes by a clever young heroine, and the glitter of old New York society.
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The Lion's Mouse is a romantic mystery by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, a husband and wife who wrote many popular novels together. It is set in New York and Newport in the years before the First World War, and it moves quickly from a train, to a department store, to a shabby hotel, to a seaside ball.
The story begins when Roger Sands, a hard and successful corporation lawyer, leaves his stateroom door open on the Santa Fe Limited. A frightened young woman slips in and asks him to hide her all the way to Chicago. He keeps her sealed envelope in his coat, falls in love, and marries her without learning her story. Months later a thin Irish girl named Clo Riley changes everything, because she believes she can repay the woman who saved her.
You will meet a secret wife, a string of royal pearls, a sealed packet, and a gang with a deadline. The book gives you a swift plot, daring escapes, and a heroine small enough to pass for a mouse. Let us begin with the stateroom and the stranger who asks for help.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A stranger enters the stateroomFree
- 2Roger marries a woman without a past
- 3A mouse falls from a window
- 4The man who waited in Chicago
- 5The pearls, the quarrel, and the plan
- 6A faint, a safe, and a stone ledge
- 7Everything vanishes
- 8The dead man, the telephone, and Kit
- 9The hidden listener
- 10What the story is about and how it is told
Punkt 1 von 10
A stranger enters the stateroom
Roger Sands has steel gray eyes, a hard chin, and a name for being tough as nails. He is racing home to New York on the Santa Fe Limited after a long legal fight in California. On a hot September day he leaves his stateroom door open, and a lovely young woman steps in and shuts it behind her.
She says a man on the train is a danger to her life, and she asks to be kept in the stateroom all the way to Chicago. Roger agrees, though he half suspects a trick. He tells the conductor she is his cousin and takes a section nearby so that he can stand guard through the night.
She gives her name as Miss Beverley White and admits it is only partly true. Before he leaves her, she hands him a long envelope sealed with three gold seals and asks him to keep it safe. He slips it into his coat. She is surprised to learn who he is, and she calls him the man who saved the California Oil Trust King.
In the dining car the next morning Roger meets Justin O'Reilly, a young congressman who once beat him in a contest. The meeting seems small. Later it matters a great deal, because O'Reilly is also on this train, and Roger does not ask himself why.
That’s 1 of 10 key points.
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Questions about Die Maus des Löwen
What is The Lion's Mouse about?
A lawyer marries a mysterious woman he met on a train. Soon a young Irish girl he has taken in tries to retrieve stolen papers and pearls, and uncovers a deadly plot against his wife.
Who are Clo Riley and Beverley Sands?
Beverley is Roger Sands's beautiful, secretive wife. Clo is the young Irish orphan she rescues on a New York street, who then risks everything to repay her kindness.
What does the title The Lion's Mouse mean?
It refers to the fable of a mouse that frees a lion by gnawing through a net. Clo uses it to promise she will one day help her rescuer.
When was The Lion's Mouse written and is it a true story?
It is a work of fiction by C. N. and A. M. Williamson, written in the early twentieth century. Some incidents, such as bombings in Los Angeles, echo real events of that time.
Is The Lion's Mouse easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that its chapters are short, its scenes move briskly, and the plot is clear and lively. Telephone calls, chases, and escapes keep the story moving from page to page.