Tintin erwirbt ein Modell des Dreimasters Unicorn, das ihm der aufdringliche Sakharine gleich abkaufen möchte. Doch Tintin lehnt ab und findet im Rumpf des Schiffes eine geheimnisvolle Textrolle. Er stellt Recherchen an und findet heraus, dass die echte Unicorn gesunken ist und mit ihr die bis dato ungeborgenen Reichtümer von Sir Francis Haddock. Gemeinsam mit seinem Hund Snowy geht er auf Schatzsuche. Doch diese gestaltet sich schwierig, denn Sakharine will Tintin um jeden Preis aufhalten…
‘O Jem, her father won’t listen to me, and it’s you must save Mary! You’re like a brother to her’ Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner’s son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself painfully torn between the two men. Through Mary’s dilemma, and the moving portrayal of her father, the embittered and courageous activist John Barton, Mary Barton (1848) powerfully dramatizes the class divides of the ‘hungry forties’ as personal tragedy. In its social and political setting, it looks towards Elizabeth Gaskell’s great novels of the industrial revolution, in particular North and South. In his introduction Maconald Daly discusses Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel as a pioneering book that made public the great division between rich and poor – a theme that inspired much of her finest work.
Alerte au pickpocket
Un pickpocket rôde dans le quartier. Attention aux portefeuilles ! Ils sont volés l'un après l'autre, même celui de Tintin. Les policiers Dupond et Dupont mènent l'enquête... pour le meilleur et pour le pire !
While looking through an old sea-chest found in his attic, Captain Haddock chances upon the diaries of his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock. This legendary sea dog achieved fame through his renowned run-in with the fearsome pirate Red Rackham. So are the words of Sir Francis Haddock just another chronicle of life at sea? Certainly not! His journals speak of a fabulous hoard of jewels: for Tintin, Captain Haddock ?-? and a gang of crooks ?-? the treasure hunt is well and truly on. But as the search continues, the plot thickens..
Tintin a jeho věrný pes Filuta neustále touží po nových dobrodružstvích. Když si Tintin na tržišti koupí krásný model trojstěžníku Jednorožec, zdaleka netuší, jaké neuvěřitelné události jej očekávají. Tintin se totiž bezděčně ocitne na stopě starého rodinného tajemství a pohádkového pokladu! O poklad však usilují i lupiči, kteří se neváhají tajemství Jednorožce zmocnit za každou cenu. Velké dobrodružství právě začíná...