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Emil and the detectives

Emil and the detectives

by Erich Kästner

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Author
Kästner, Erich, 1899-1974
Title
Emil and the detectives : A story for children
Original Publication
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1929, copyright 1930.
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Berlin (Germany) -- Juvenile fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 79102
Release Date
July 15, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.THIS EXPLAINS ABOUT SOME OF THE NAMES
  5. 5.But the Story Does Not Begin Yet
  6. 6.First Chapter Emil Helps to Shampoo
  7. 7.Second Chapter Policeman Jeschke Keeps Still
  8. 8.Third Chapter The Trip to Berlin Can Start
  9. 9.Fourth Chapter A Dream in Which There Is Much Running
  10. 10.Fifth Chapter Emil Gets Off at the Wrong Station
  11. 11.Sixth Chapter Street Car Line 177
  12. 12.Seventh Chapter Great Excitement in Schumann Street
  13. 13.Eighth Chapter The Boy with the Auto Horn Turns Up
  14. 14.Ninth Chapter The Detectives Assemble
  15. 15.Tenth Chapter A Taxi Is Trailed
  16. 16.Eleventh Chapter A Spy Slips into the Hotel
  17. 17.Twelfth Chapter A Green Elevator Boy Bursts from His Cocoon
  18. 18.Thirteenth Chapter Herr Grundeis Acquires a Guard of Honor
  19. 19.Fourteenth Chapter Pins Have Their Good Points Too
  20. 20.Fifteenth Chapter Emil Visits Police Headquarters
  21. 21.Sixteenth Chapter The Police Commissioner Sends His Regards
  22. 22.Seventeenth Chapter Frau Tischbein Is All Excited
  23. 23.Eighteenth Chapter Can Anything Be Learned from It All?
  24. 24.Footnotes
  25. 25.Transcriber’s Notes — Corrections:

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