Blindfolded (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Murder Mystery NovelBy Earle Ashley Walcott
Length10h 29m
About this audiobook
First published at the turn of the twentieth century, Blindfolded is a brisk romance of mystery, impersonation, and urban peril, set amid the financial and social intrigues of San Francisco. Walcott shapes the novel with the momentum of popular adventure fiction: secret documents, shifting identities, criminal conspiracies, and sudden reversals drive a plot that reflects the era's fascination with modern cities as places of both opportunity and deception. Its style is direct, suspenseful, and vividly episodic, belonging to the late-Victorian tradition of sensational mystery while retaining a distinctly American, Pacific Coast atmosphere. Earle Ashley Walcott was a California writer and journalist whose professional world gave him a keen eye for public institutions, speculative finance, and the rhythms of metropolitan life. His familiarity with San Francisco's social texture and newspaper-driven immediacy likely informed the novel's alertness to rumor, power, and hidden motives. Blindfolded shows an author attentive to how identity may be manufactured, concealed, or exploited in a rapidly modernizing society. Readers who enjoy early American detective fiction, historical thrillers, and novels of urban conspiracy will find Blindfolded rewarding. It offers not only suspense and romance, but also a revealing glimpse of how Gilded Age fiction imagined trust, danger, and ambition.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length10 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 2, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2CHAPTER I. A DANGEROUS ERRAND
3CHAPTER II. A CRY FOR HELP
4CHAPTER III. A QUESTION IN THE NIGHT
5CHAPTER IV. A CHANGE OF NAME
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6CHAPTER V. DODDRIDGE KNAPP
7CHAPTER VI. A NIGHT AT BORTON'S
8CHAPTER VII. MOTHER BORTON
9CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH I MEET A FEW SURPRISES
10CHAPTER IX. A DAY IN THE MARKET
11CHAPTER X. A TANGLE OF SCHEMES
12CHAPTER XI. THE DEN OF THE WOLF
13CHAPTER XII. LUELLA KNAPP
14CHAPTER XIII. A DAY OF GRACE
15CHAPTER XIV. MOTHER BORTON'S ADVICE
16CHAPTER XV. I AM IN THE TOILS
17CHAPTER XVI. AN ECHO OF WARNING
18CHAPTER XVII. IN A FOREIGN LAND
19CHAPTER XVIII. THE BATTLE IN THE MAZE
20CHAPTER XIX. A DEAL IN STOCKS
21CHAPTER XX. MAKING PROGRESS
22CHAPTER XXI. AT THE BIDDING OF THE UNKNOWN
23CHAPTER XXII. TRAILED
24CHAPTER XXIII. A PIECE OF STRATEGY
25CHAPTER XXIV. ON THE ROAD
26CHAPTER XXV. A FLUTTER IN THE MARKET
27CHAPTER XXVI. A VISION OF THE NIGHT
28CHAPTER XXVII. A LINK IN THE CHAIN
29CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CHASE IN THE STORM
30CHAPTER XXIX. THE HEART OF THE MYSTERY
31CHAPTER XXX. THE END OF THE JOURNEY
32CHAPTER XXXI. THE REWARD
33Memorable Quotes
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