Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Die Weißen Mäuse
Für wen es gedacht ist
Readers who love swashbuckling adventure, witty banter, secret codes and underground passages, and a romance that grows between two stubborn, quick-minded people. It suits anyone who enjoys a good-hearted hero in a tight spot.
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A joke told over tea can become a rescue. That is the idea behind The White Mice, an adventure novel by Richard Harding Davis, the American reporter and storyteller who died in 1916. In a damp cell beneath a fortress in Venezuela, an old general lies dying. In a tea house in Yokohama, four carefree young Americans found a society for saving lives and call themselves the White Mice. Then one of them is sent to the very harbor where the general is kept. Expect spies, secret messages, a buried tunnel and a heroine who will not sit still.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A fable and a toast in YokohamaFree
- 2A father, a company and a cynic
- 3Two friends take a hard look at a prison
- 4Curaçao, spies and a startling attack
- 5A daughter, a riddle and a hidden tunnel
- 6Rivals, a duel and a father's secret
- 7Moonlight, sharks and the digging begins
- 8What the story is really about
- 9How the story is told
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A fable and a toast in Yokohama
The book begins with the old fable of the lion and the mouse. The moral is cheerful: this is a small world, and a helper may turn up where you least expect one. Then the story shows General Miguel Rojas, once called the Lion of Valencia, who has spent two years in a dungeon at Porto Cabello.
The scene jumps to a tea house in Yokohama. Four young Americans sit on mats, among them Rodman Forrester, called Roddy, and his friend Peter de Peyster. A navy lieutenant explains that the most valuable one aboard a submarine is a white mouse, which squeals when it smells gas. One of the friends founds the Secret Order of the White Mice, whose purpose is to save somebody's life.
The heroes begin as idlers, and their order is a joke. The author wants you to notice how far a joke can travel once somebody decides to take it seriously.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Questions about Die Weißen Mäuse
What is The White Mice about?
It follows Roddy Forrester and Peter de Peyster, two young Americans in Venezuela who try to rescue an imprisoned general. Along the way they meet his brave daughter, face spies and rivals, and use a secret tunnel found through a coded message.
Why are they called the White Mice?
The name comes from a naval story about a white mouse in a submarine's engine room that squeals at leaking gas and saves the crew. The friends form an order whose members must each save someone's life.
Who is General Rojas in The White Mice?
General Don Miguel Rojas, called the Lion of Valencia, is a respected statesman and diplomat. President Alvarez fears his popularity and locks him in a damp dungeon at the fortress of San Carlos in Porto Cabello.
When was The White Mice written, and is it a true story?
Richard Harding Davis wrote this adventure as fiction in the early twentieth century. The setting draws on the real politics and coasts of Venezuela and the Caribbean.
Is The White Mice easy to read?
It reads quickly. The chapters are built around vivid scenes and lively dialogue, the humor is steady, and the plot moves from one clear goal to the next, so the story is easy to follow.