MELVILLE DAVISSON POST Ultimate Collection: 40+ Mysteries, Detective Stories & Adventure Novels (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Uncle Abner to Randolph Mason: 40+ Detective & Legal TalesBy Melville Davisson Post
Length44h 49m
About this audiobook
This expansive collection gathers more than forty of Melville Davisson Post's mysteries, detective tales, and adventure narratives, showcasing a writer who helped refine the early twentieth-century American detective story. Best known for the Uncle Abner stories, Post combines legal ingenuity, moral gravity, frontier atmosphere, and tightly constructed puzzles. His prose is formal yet vigorous, rooted in the traditions of Poe and Doyle while distinctively shaped by American regional experience and a stern sense of justice. Melville Davisson Post (1869–1930), born in West Virginia, trained and practiced as a lawyer before turning to fiction, and that legal background decisively informs his narrative architecture. His stories often hinge on evidence, testimony, motive, and ethical judgment rather than mere sensationalism. Living amid the changing social and economic landscapes of post-Civil War America, Post transformed local settings and professional knowledge into fiction of unusual intellectual precision and dramatic force. This collection is highly recommended for readers interested in the development of detective fiction, American literary regionalism, and mystery writing before the genre's golden age. It offers both entertainment and historical value, revealing a sophisticated craftsman whose work deserves renewed attention from scholars, collectors, and lovers of classic crime fiction.
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
Length44 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 29, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1MELVILLE DAVISSON POST Ultimate Collection: 40+ Mysteries, Detective Stories & Adventure Novels (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Randolph Mason Cases
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6THE STRANGE SCHEMES OF RANDOLPH MASON
7The Corpus Delicti
8Two Plungers Of Manhattan
9Woodford's Partner
10The Error of William Van Broom
11The Men of the Jimmy
12The Sheriff of Gullmore
13The Animus Furandi
14THE MAN OF LAST RESORT (The Clients of Randolph Mason)
15The Governor's Machine
16Mrs. Van Barton
17Once in Jeopardy
18The Grazier
19The Rule Against Carper
20Uncle Abner Mysteries
21UNCLE ABNER, MASTER OF MYSTERIES (pt. 1)
22UNCLE ABNER, MASTER OF MYSTERIES (pt. 2)
23UNCLE ABNER, MASTER OF MYSTERIES (pt. 3)
24UNCLE ABNER, MASTER OF MYSTERIES (pt. 4)
25Sir Henry Marquis Stories
26THE SLEUTH OF ST. JAMES'S SQUARE (pt. 1)
27THE SLEUTH OF ST. JAMES'S SQUARE (pt. 2)
28THE SLEUTH OF ST. JAMES'S SQUARE (pt. 3)
29THE SLEUTH OF ST. JAMES'S SQUARE (pt. 4)
30Novels
31DWELLERS IN THE HILLS (pt. 1)
32DWELLERS IN THE HILLS (pt. 2)
33DWELLERS IN THE HILLS (pt. 3)
34THE GILDED CHAIR (pt. 1)
35THE GILDED CHAIR (pt. 2)
36THE GILDED CHAIR (pt. 3)
37THE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL-TEACHER (pt. 1)
38THE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL-TEACHER (pt. 2)
39Analysis
40Reflection
41Memorable Quotes
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