The Abandoned Room (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Thrilling Murder MysteryBy Charles Wadsworth Camp
Length9h 26m
About this audiobook
The Abandoned Room is a deft early-twentieth-century mystery in which a country house, a locked chamber, and a legacy of family unease become the apparatus for psychological suspense. Camp blends the Gothic inheritance—shadowed corridors, ancestral guilt, and nocturnal terror—with the rational procedures of detective fiction, creating a narrative poised between supernatural suggestion and empirical explanation. Its prose is brisk yet atmospheric, characteristic of popular American magazine fiction, but it also reflects the period's fascination with heredity, nerves, and the instability of perception. Charles Wadsworth Camp was an American journalist, editor, and novelist whose professional life trained him in pace, clarity, and the management of revelation. His experience in newspapers and magazines helped shape his fiction's alertness to evidence, dialogue, and dramatic disclosure. Writing during an era when the detective story was consolidating its conventions, Camp drew upon contemporary anxieties about modern reason confronting older, darker inheritances. Readers who enjoy classic mysteries with a Gothic edge will find The Abandoned Room especially rewarding. It is recommended for those interested in the development of American suspense fiction, where atmosphere and deduction meet in a compact, unsettling, and intelligently constructed tale.
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.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length9 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 2, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Sinister Island (Annotated)
2Chapter I. Katherine Hears the Sly Step of Death at the Cedars
3Chapter II. The Case Against Bobby
4Chapter III. Howells Delivers Himself to the Abandoned Room
5Chapter IV. A Strange Light Appears at the Deserted House
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6Chapter V. The Crying Through the Woods
7Chapter VI. The One Who Crept in the Private Staircase
8Chapter VII. The Amazing Meeting in the Shadows of the Old Courtyard
9Chapter VIII. What Happened at the Grave
10Chapter IX. Bobby's Vigil in the Abandoned Room
11Chapter X. The Cedars is Left to Its Shadows
12Memorable Quotes
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