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Inhalt
I Lyrischer Prolog
II Vorsicht bei Eisenbahnfahrten!
III Das große Hotel
IV Yussuf Khan, Maharadscha von Nasirabad
V Das große Hotel (Fortsetzung)
VI Das Loch in der Wand und das Loch im Boden
VII Ein Verschwinden mit Nebenumständen
VIII Mynheer van Schleetens Erlebnisse
The story opens with a witty meditation on the fading notion of adventure, setting up Allan Kragh as a young, wealthy man whose life seems pre‑planned like a musical program. At twenty‑one, he has already inherited a modest fortune and just left university, yet he feels the weight of a routine that threatens to erase any hint of the extraordinary. As he navigates engagements, family expectations, and the early stirrings of marriage, Kragh begins to sense that true excitement lurks just beyond the comfortable contours of his world.
Soon he encounters a charismatic stranger whose unconventional ideas awaken a dormant curiosity in Kragh, urging him to question whether the “adventures of the past” might still be reachable in his own century. Their chance meeting sets the stage for a series of daring escapades that challenge the protagonist’s assumptions about fate, romance, and the very possibility of living a life worthy of a novel. The first act blends witty introspection with the promise of unexpected twists, inviting listeners to wonder what hidden paths lie ahead for a man who dares to seek them.
Language
de
Duration
~6 hours (397K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Germany: Georg Müller, 1919.
Credits
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2022-04-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1886–1947
A witty Swedish master of adventure fiction, he wrote lively tales of international intrigue, clever scams, and charming rogues. Under the pen name Frank Heller, Gunnar Serner became especially known for stories featuring the gentleman thief-detective Philip Collin.
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