The Cluny Problem (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Murder MysteryBy Dorothy Fielding
Length10h 27m
About this audiobook
The Cluny Problem is an interwar mystery built around an apparently insoluble disturbance at Cluny, where inheritance, reputation, and suspicion intersect within a tightly managed social world. Dorothy Fielding writes in the poised idiom of Golden Age crime fiction: observant, economical, and attentive to the revealing pressure of conversation, gesture, and domestic space. The novel belongs to the period's fascination with the "problem" narrative, in which detection becomes both an intellectual exercise and an inquiry into concealed motives beneath respectable surfaces. Dorothy Fielding was one of the women writers who helped broaden British crime fiction beyond mechanical puzzle-making, bringing to it a sharper awareness of social performance and emotional constraint. Writing in a literary climate shaped by postwar uncertainty, changing class relations, and the expanding readership for detective novels, Fielding found in mystery a form capable of dramatizing anxiety, secrecy, and moral ambiguity without abandoning narrative elegance. Readers who enjoy classic detective fiction, country-house tensions, and psychologically alert plotting will find The Cluny Problem rewarding. It is recommended not only as an engaging mystery, but also as a revealing example of women's contribution to the sophistication of early twentieth-century crime writing.
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
Length10 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 7, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
10CHAPTER NINE
2CHAPTER ONE
11CHAPTER TEN
3CHAPTER TWO
12CHAPTER ELEVEN
4CHAPTER THREE
13CHAPTER TWELVE
5CHAPTER FOUR
14CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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6CHAPTER FIVE
15CHAPTER FOURTEEN
7CHAPTER SIX
16CHAPTER FIFTEEN
8CHAPTER SEVEN
17Memorable Quotes
9CHAPTER EIGHT
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