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Stamboul Train is the second significant novel by Graham Greene. Set on a train journey from Ostend to Istanbul, the book was renamed Orient Express when it was published in the United States. The novel appeared in 1932 and was Greene's first true success. It was taken on by the Book Society and in 1934 adapted as the film Orient Express .
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Orient Express is another wonderful classic by Graham Greene first published as Stamboul Train until the title changed when it was published in the United States as the Orient Express. It details the journey on a train from Ostend to Constantinople, later known as Istanbul.
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Graham Greene set Stamboul Train on the Oostende-Vienna Orient Express, not the main Orient Express, which went to Paris and Calais. He couldn’t afford to travel all the way to Constantinople, but bought a third class ticket for part of the journey, to sample the atmosphere.
Oct 2, 2010 · Henry Graham Greene OM CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English novelist and author regarded by some as one of the great writers of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or ...
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Graham Greene: Stamboul Train (US: The Orient Express) Greene labelled this work an entertainment and later said that he expressly wrote it to make money, hoping that it would be made into a film, which it was. It is a pretty good story and it is easy to see why it helped make Greene’s reputation. It takes a traditional plot, namely a group ...
Feb 13, 2024 · STAMBOUL TRAIN by GRAHAM GREENE. Publication date 1963 Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English.
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Oct 2, 2010 · Stamboul Train. Graham Greene. Random House, Oct 2, 2010 - Fiction - 224 pages. A classic espionage thriller from master storyteller Graham Greene. 'One of the most important British writers of the twentieth century - he brought something undeniably new to fiction' Daily Telegraph Carleton Myatt meets Coral Musker, a naïve English chorus girl ...
