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The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations

In his introduction, Polti claims to be continuing the work of Carlo Gozzi, who also identified 36 situations.


Lizzie Mickery

In 2008 she wrote the screenplay for the BBC drama The 39 Steps, an adaptation of the John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps.

The 39 Steps

The Thirty-Nine Steps is a novel by John Buchan, first serialized in 1915.

The Thirty

Trial of the thirty, trial of anarchists in the Third French Republic

The Thirty-Fathom Grave

In 1963, a U.S. Navy destroyer is on a routine patrol off Guadalcanal when sonar picks up the sound of metallic clanging beneath the waves; the crew speculates that it sounds like a hammer.

The Three Hostages

Hannay had previously appeared in The Thirty Nine Steps (1915), his most famous adventure in which he battles German spies across England and Scotland, and two books about his activities during the First World War, Greenmantle (1916) and Mr Standfast (1919).


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