Marie Belloc Lowndes - British Murder Mysteries Collection: 17 Books in One Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Chink in the Armour, The Lodger, The End of Her Honeymoon, Love and Hatred, What Timmy Did…By Marie Belloc Lowndes
Length78h 51m
About this audiobook
This substantial collection gathers seventeen of Marie Belloc Lowndes's British murder mysteries, presenting a panoramic view of early twentieth-century crime fiction at its most psychologically alert. Rather than relying solely on puzzles and clues, Lowndes explores dread, secrecy, domestic unease, and the moral pressures exerted by respectability. Her prose is lucid, atmospheric, and quietly relentless, placing her work between Victorian sensation fiction and the Golden Age detective novel. The volume reveals her gift for making ordinary rooms, boarding houses, and drawing rooms feel charged with hidden violence. Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947), sister of Hilaire Belloc, was a prolific Anglo-French writer and journalist whose cosmopolitan upbringing and long engagement with newspapers sharpened her interest in public scandal, criminal psychology, and the social theatre surrounding crime. Best known for The Lodger, inspired by the Jack the Ripper murders, she brought to mystery fiction a distinctive concern with fear, intuition, and the ambiguities of guilt. This edition is recommended for readers seeking more than conventional whodunits. It will especially reward admirers of classic British crime, psychological suspense, and fiction that studies murder as both an event and a disturbance within society's most respectable surfaces.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length78 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
24What Timmy Did (pt. 1)
2Introduction
25What Timmy Did (pt. 2)
3Historical Context
26What Timmy Did (pt. 3)
4Synopsis (Selection)
27What Timmy Did (pt. 4)
5Marie Belloc Lowndes - British Murder Mysteries Collection: 17 Books in One Edition
28What Really Happened (pt. 1)
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6The Lodger (pt. 1)
29What Really Happened (pt. 2)
7The Lodger (pt. 2)
30What Really Happened (pt. 3)
8The Lodger (pt. 3)
31What Really Happened (pt. 4)
9The Lodger (pt. 4)
32The Heart of Penelope (pt. 1)
10The Story of Ivy (pt. 1)
33The Heart of Penelope (pt. 2)
11The Story of Ivy (pt. 2)
34The Heart of Penelope (pt. 3)
12The Story of Ivy (pt. 3)
35The Heart of Penelope (pt. 4)
13The Story of Ivy (pt. 4)
36The Heart of Penelope (pt. 5)
14The End of Her Honeymoon (pt. 1)
37The Chink in the Armour (pt. 1)
15The End of Her Honeymoon (pt. 2)
38The Chink in the Armour (pt. 2)
16The End of Her Honeymoon (pt. 3)
39The Chink in the Armour (pt. 3)
17Love and Hatred
40The Chink in the Armour (pt. 4)
18Part One (pt. 1)
41The Uttermost Farthing (pt. 1)
19Part One (pt. 2)
42The Uttermost Farthing (pt. 2)
20Part Two (pt. 1)
43Analysis
21Part Two (pt. 2)
44Reflection
22Part Three (pt. 1)
45Memorable Quotes
23Part Three (pt. 2)
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