Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Der neue Mieter
Für wen es gedacht ist
This book suits readers who enjoy a murder with a deep shadow, a love story under pressure, and old English country houses, with London clubs and Italian gardens as settings along the way.
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The New Tenant is a Victorian mystery by E. Phillips Oppenheim, an English writer who died in 1946 and who turned out a great many popular novels of intrigue. It begins on a bright morning at a country house on the Northshire coast, where a squire must choose a tenant for a lonely cottage called Falcon's Nest. He picks a stranger who gives his name as Bernard Brown, and that small choice sets everything else moving.
The book gives you a murder on the moor, a young woman who sets out to find the killer, and a tenant whose past she cannot read. It also gives you a pair of London private agents who see a chance to make money from her fear. Along the way it moves from windy cliffs to London drawing rooms and a ruined garden in northern Italy.
The pleasure lies in watching Helen Thurwell's suspicion and her feeling pull against each other. Let us begin with the morning on which the letter from Mr. Brown arrives.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A stranger wins the cottageFree
- 2Murder on the shooting day
- 3The tenant appears at the body
- 4A search of the inner room
- 5Between suspicion and feeling
- 6Rachel's accusation and the detectives
- 7The great author and a dangerous past
- 8Love declared and a trail to Italy
- 9What the story is about
- 10How the story is told
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A stranger wins the cottage
The story opens at Thurwell Court, near the sea in Northshire, on a morning full of sunlight and birdsong. Mr. Thurwell, the squire, sits at breakfast with his daughter Helen and opens his letters. One of them brings news that Sir Geoffrey Kynaston, owner of the neighboring Kynaston Towers, is coming home after nearly fifteen years abroad. Helen has lately become bored with county society, and she hears the news with only a little interest.
The squire has a smaller worry as well. Falcon's Nest, an odd cottage on the cliff, is up for rent. A man named Chapman from the town of Mallory wants it, but the squire dislikes him and fears his anger at election time. The only other offer comes from a stranger who signs himself Bernard Brown and gives only a London solicitor and a bank as references.
Helen suggests sending a wire to those two. Both replies say Mr. Brown can pay, but neither will say anything about his family. The squire is uneasy about that silence. Helen, who cannot stand Chapman, votes for Mr. Brown, and the matter is settled.
The book tells us at once that this idle decision will haunt her. A fortnight later the new tenant moves in. He does not return the squire's call, and the whole neighborhood wonders about him in a lazy way. That ordinary curiosity is about to be pushed aside by something far darker.
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Questions about Der neue Mieter
What is The New Tenant about?
It follows Helen Thurwell, a squire's daughter whose father lets a cottage to a mysterious stranger. When a baronet is murdered nearby, she suspects her tenant and sets detectives on him, while her feelings for him grow.
Who is Bernard Brown in The New Tenant?
Bernard Brown is the name used by the new tenant of Falcon's Nest. He lives alone with his books and keeps his past hidden. Later Helen learns he is really the famous author Bernard Maddison.
Who are the Levys in the novel?
Levy and Son are private detectives in London. The father is mild and money-minded, and the son, Benjamin, is clever and ambitious. They take Helen's case but pursue their own profit and add much of the book's humor.
Is The New Tenant a true story?
It is a work of fiction by E. Phillips Oppenheim, set in Victorian England with country estates, London clubs and an Italian town. Its characters and its murder case are invented for the story.
Is The New Tenant easy to follow?
Yes, the plot moves clearly through short chapters, each with a vivid scene, and the cast is small. The detectives' brisk talk and the dramatic arrests keep the story lively and easy to follow.