Project Gutenberg 2024-05-15 Public domain in the USA. 118 Matull, Kurt 1872 1920 Wangemann, Eduard Carl Otto Blankensee, Theo von 1881 1928 Blank, Matthias Bakensee, Theo Blakensee, Theo von Blakensee, Theo Hageman, Felix (Leonard Felix) 1877 1966 Lord Lister No. 0310: Het geheim der steppen $aAmsterdam :$bRoman- Boek- en Kunsthandel, $c1910, pubdate 1923. Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "Lord Lister No. 0310: Het geheim der steppen" by Matull, Blankensee, and Hageman is a novel likely written during the early 20th century. The story follows the main character, John Raffles, an adventurous gentleman known as the 'Great Unknown', and his friend Charly Brand, as they journey to Baron Iwan Dobrinsky's estate in the snow-covered Russian steppes. The narrative explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and the backdrop of political turmoil during Russia’s revolutionary period. At the start of the novel, the atmosphere is set on a harsh winter day as Raffles and Brand arrive at the baron’s lavish estate via a troika, drawn by strong horses through a snow-blanketed landscape. The pair is warmly received by Baron Dobrinsky, who, despite his noble background, reveals that he embraces the changes brought by the revolution, even going as far as to share his estate with local peasants. The opening chapters present a mix of engaging dialogue and vivid descriptions, immersing the reader in not just the physical landscape but also the complex, evolving societal dynamics of Russia, foreshadowing the deep-seated tensions that will frame the characters’ interactions as the looming conflict and its implications swirl around them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20190518130358matull 1910 NL Reading ease score: 69.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. nl Detective and mystery stories -- Periodicals Dime novels -- Periodicals PT Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 191934 2025-07-29T07:29:50.436697 text/html 163437 2024-05-15T18:53:32 text/html 177895 2025-07-29T07:29:57.173711 application/epub+zip 188794 2025-07-29T07:29:53.028700 application/epub+zip 143101 2025-07-29T07:29:51.496688 application/epub+zip 291849 2025-07-29T07:29:59.836660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269651 2025-07-29T07:29:56.189691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141572 2025-07-29T07:29:49.689726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 121612 2024-05-15T18:53:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17197 2025-07-29T07:30:00.020729 application/rdf+xml 20636 2025-07-29T07:29:51.617683 image/jpeg 3280 2025-07-29T07:29:51.564680 image/jpeg 166658 2025-07-29T07:29:50.457695 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia de.wikipedia