The Midnight Visitor Class 10 PPT

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 About the author: Robert Arthur Jr. was an American writer of mystery and speculative 
fiction. His fame rests on ‘The Mysterious Traveller’ a radio series and his 
‘Three Investigators’ series of novels. His stories were published in many 
magazines between 1930 and 1940. He also wrote mystery books for 
children. He was twice honoured by the ‘mystery writers of America’ with 
his writing partner Edgar. He died in 1969 in Philadelphia.
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 About the author: Robert Arthur Jr. was an American writer of mystery and speculative 
fiction. His fame rests on ‘The Mysterious Traveller’ a radio series and his 
‘Three Investigators’ series of novels. His stories were published in many 
magazines between 1930 and 1940. He also wrote mystery books for 
children. He was twice honoured by the ‘mystery writers of America’ with 
his writing partner Edgar. He died in 1969 in Philadelphia. INTRODUCTION ? Ausable is a secret agent. He is expecting to get an important paper 
about missiles. Max, an intruder, enters his room. He wants to get that 
paper from Ausable. He has a pistol in his hand. Ausable, being a quiet 
but smart and shrewd secret agent, plays upon a trick on Max and gets 
him killed without any physical fighting and shooting.
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 About the author: Robert Arthur Jr. was an American writer of mystery and speculative 
fiction. His fame rests on ‘The Mysterious Traveller’ a radio series and his 
‘Three Investigators’ series of novels. His stories were published in many 
magazines between 1930 and 1940. He also wrote mystery books for 
children. He was twice honoured by the ‘mystery writers of America’ with 
his writing partner Edgar. He died in 1969 in Philadelphia. INTRODUCTION ? Ausable is a secret agent. He is expecting to get an important paper 
about missiles. Max, an intruder, enters his room. He wants to get that 
paper from Ausable. He has a pistol in his hand. Ausable, being a quiet 
but smart and shrewd secret agent, plays upon a trick on Max and gets 
him killed without any physical fighting and shooting. IMPORTANT CHARACTERS IN THE STORY ? 1. Ausable   -a secret agent, lived in France, doesn’t present such a romantic picture of a detective,   very fat and sloppy,   but mentally  very agile and quick-witted.     2. Fowler-            a young romantic writer, preparing to publish an articleon the life of detectives   3. Max- a secret agent, rival of Ausablea little less than tall, appeared crafty and has acountenance of a fox.
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 About the author: Robert Arthur Jr. was an American writer of mystery and speculative 
fiction. His fame rests on ‘The Mysterious Traveller’ a radio series and his 
‘Three Investigators’ series of novels. His stories were published in many 
magazines between 1930 and 1940. He also wrote mystery books for 
children. He was twice honoured by the ‘mystery writers of America’ with 
his writing partner Edgar. He died in 1969 in Philadelphia. INTRODUCTION ? Ausable is a secret agent. He is expecting to get an important paper 
about missiles. Max, an intruder, enters his room. He wants to get that 
paper from Ausable. He has a pistol in his hand. Ausable, being a quiet 
but smart and shrewd secret agent, plays upon a trick on Max and gets 
him killed without any physical fighting and shooting. IMPORTANT CHARACTERS IN THE STORY ? 1. Ausable   -a secret agent, lived in France, doesn’t present such a romantic picture of a detective,   very fat and sloppy,   but mentally  very agile and quick-witted.     2. Fowler-            a young romantic writer, preparing to publish an articleon the life of detectives   3. Max- a secret agent, rival of Ausablea little less than tall, appeared crafty and has acountenance of a fox. “The Midnight Visitor” at a Glance ? The theme of the Story ‘The Midnight Visitor’ is a very thrilling account 
of a secret agent Ausable’s one particular episode. ? Ausable didn’t fit any description of a secret agent. ? He didn’t live upto the romantic picture of a secret agent that we read 
in books or see in films. 
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 About the author: Robert Arthur Jr. was an American writer of mystery and speculative 
fiction. His fame rests on ‘The Mysterious Traveller’ a radio series and his 
‘Three Investigators’ series of novels. His stories were published in many 
magazines between 1930 and 1940. He also wrote mystery books for 
children. He was twice honoured by the ‘mystery writers of America’ with 
his writing partner Edgar. He died in 1969 in Philadelphia. INTRODUCTION ? Ausable is a secret agent. He is expecting to get an important paper 
about missiles. Max, an intruder, enters his room. He wants to get that 
paper from Ausable. He has a pistol in his hand. Ausable, being a quiet 
but smart and shrewd secret agent, plays upon a trick on Max and gets 
him killed without any physical fighting and shooting. IMPORTANT CHARACTERS IN THE STORY ? 1. Ausable   -a secret agent, lived in France, doesn’t present such a romantic picture of a detective,   very fat and sloppy,   but mentally  very agile and quick-witted.     2. Fowler-            a young romantic writer, preparing to publish an articleon the life of detectives   3. Max- a secret agent, rival of Ausablea little less than tall, appeared crafty and has acountenance of a fox. “The Midnight Visitor” at a Glance ? The theme of the Story ‘The Midnight Visitor’ is a very thrilling account 
of a secret agent Ausable’s one particular episode. ? Ausable didn’t fit any description of a secret agent. ? He didn’t live upto the romantic picture of a secret agent that we read 
in books or see in films. “The Midnight Visitor” at a Glance ? He was rather fat and sloppy. He lived in a very small room on the sixth 
floor of a shabby hotel. However, Ausable was gifted with a rare 
presence of mind. ? His fertile brain could invent and cook up stories and situations that 
would confuse and unnerve his rivals. ? He cooked up the story of the balcony below the window of his room 
and the arrival of the police.