The Collected Works (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Inspector Alan Grant Novels & Other Detective Tales: The Daughter of Time, The Franchise Affair…By Josephine Tey
Length66h 57m
About this audiobook
Josephine Tey's The Collected Works gathers the elegant, psychologically acute fiction of one of Britain's most distinctive Golden Age crime writers. Moving beyond mere puzzle-making, these novels and stories explore identity, evidence, social performance, and the treacherous authority of appearances. From the historical revisionism of The Daughter of Time to the moral ambiguity of The Franchise Affair and the uncanny substitutions of Brat Farrar, Tey's prose is lucid, urbane, and quietly subversive, placing her beside yet apart from Christie, Sayers, and Allingham. Born Elizabeth MacKintosh in Inverness in 1896, Tey also wrote successful plays under the name Gordon Daviot, a theatrical discipline evident in her sharp dialogue, poised scenes, and fascination with role-playing. Her Scottish upbringing, teaching background, and experience in the literary theatre helped form a writer attentive to class, reputation, and the narratives by which societies judge guilt and innocence. This collection is recommended to readers who value crime fiction as literature: intellectually exacting, humane, and stylistically refined. It offers not only compelling mysteries but also a sustained meditation on truth, character, and the stories history tells about both.
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
Rating★★★★★ 4.5 (154)
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GenreMystery and Thriller
Length66 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 5, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Collected Works (Annotated)
22TO LOVE AND BE WISE (pt. 4)
2Introduction
23THE DAUGHTER OF TIME (pt. 1)
3Historical Context
24THE DAUGHTER OF TIME (pt. 2)
4Synopsis (Selection)
25THE DAUGHTER OF TIME (pt. 3)
5INSPECTOR ALAN GRANT MYSTERIES
26THE SINGING SANDS (pt. 1)
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6THE MAN IN THE QUEUE (pt. 1)
27THE SINGING SANDS (pt. 2)
7THE MAN IN THE QUEUE (pt. 2)
28THE SINGING SANDS (pt. 3)
8THE MAN IN THE QUEUE (pt. 3)
29THE SINGING SANDS (pt. 4)
9THE MAN IN THE QUEUE (pt. 4)
30OTHER MYSTERIES
10A SHILLING FOR CANDLES (pt. 1)
31MISS PYM DISPOSES (pt. 1)
11A SHILLING FOR CANDLES (pt. 2)
32MISS PYM DISPOSES (pt. 2)
12A SHILLING FOR CANDLES (pt. 3)
33MISS PYM DISPOSES (pt. 3)
13A SHILLING FOR CANDLES (pt. 4)
34MISS PYM DISPOSES (pt. 4)
14THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR (pt. 1)
35BRAT FARRAR (pt. 1)
15THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR (pt. 2)
36BRAT FARRAR (pt. 2)
16THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR (pt. 3)
37BRAT FARRAR (pt. 3)
17THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR (pt. 4)
38BRAT FARRAR (pt. 4)
18THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR (pt. 5)
39Analysis
19TO LOVE AND BE WISE (pt. 1)
40Reflection
20TO LOVE AND BE WISE (pt. 2)
41Memorable Quotes
21TO LOVE AND BE WISE (pt. 3)
Historische Ermittlungen: Spannende Krimis aus vergangenen ZeitenJosephine Tey, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Jodocus Temme, Friedrich Schiller, Alexandre Dumas, Wilkie Collins, Max Eyth, Clara Viebig, Selma Lagerlöf, Arthur Conan Doyle, Karl von Holtei, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Jakob Wassermann, Robert Louis Stevenson, Levin Schücking, Walther Kabel, Hugo Bettauer, Arthur Achleitner, Ricarda Huch, Artur Landsberger278h 29m$2 · $0.00
The Franchise Affair (Annotated)Josephine Tey10h 56m$2 · $0.00
A Shilling for Candles (Annotated)Josephine Tey8h 37m$2 · $0.00
Brat Farrar (Annotated)Josephine Tey10h 32m$2 · $0.00
Miss Pym Disposes (Annotated)Josephine Tey9h 11m4.4 (1K)$2 · $0.00
BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES: The Greatest Thrillers of Josephine Tey (Annotated)Josephine Tey66h 56m$2 · $0.00
The Greatest Murder Mysteries - Josephine Tey Edition (Annotated)Josephine Tey66h 55m$2 · $0.00
The Man in the Queue (Musaicum Vintage Mysteries)Josephine Tey9h 26m3.8 (18.1K)$1 · $0.00
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant Mystery)Josephine Tey7h 5m3.9 (85.7K)$1 · $0.00
A Shilling for CandlesJosephine Tey8h 28m4.0 (13.7K)$1 · $0.00
Miss Pym DisposesJosephine Tey9h 2m4.0 (12.9K)$1 · $0.00
Inspector Alan Grant Mysteries - Complete SeriesJosephine Tey48h 49m4.3 (1.4K)$1.50 · $0.00
The Daughter of TimeJosephine Tey7h 7m4.2 (45.8K)$1 · $0.00
The Daughter of TimeJosephine Tey7h 3m4.2 (114.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Daughter of Time (Summarized Edition)Josephine Tey2h 36m$2
A Shilling for Candles (Musaicum Vintage Mysteries)Josephine Tey8h 25m4.0 (11.3K)$1 · $0.00
Kif: An Unvarnished HistoryJosephine Tey9h 52m3.7 (172)$2 · $0.00
Die Tochter der Zeit (Zusammengefasste Ausgabe)Josephine Tey2h 46m$2
JOSEPHINE TEY - Ultimate Mystery CollectionJosephine Tey66h 51m4.5 (316)$1 · $0.00
Brat FarrarJosephine Tey10h 20m4.2 (20.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Rose CodeKate Quinn16h 2m4.4 (493.7K)$33 · $0.00
Deadly Badlands PursuitSharee Stover5h 53m4.6 (361)$12 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
Three ComradesErich Maria Remarque15h 50m4.5 (47.3K)$2 · $0.00
AngelAnita Waller10h 30m4.6 (672)$30 · $0.00
The BorderDon Winslow29h 8m4.5 (35.7K)$53 · $0.00
FlashpointCatherine Coulter11h 38m4.5 (11.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Fang Si-Chi's First Love ParadiseYi-Han Lin8h 25m4.5 (4K)$26 · $0.00
No Woman Left BehindJulie Moffett8h 49m4.5 (3K)$25 · $0.00
CovertJanie Crouch6h 15m4.5 (2K)$12 · $0.00
Cold Case InvestigationNicole Helm5h 30m4.6 (321)$5 · $0.00
The ReunionJana DeLeon6h 31m4.5 (1.6K)$12 · $0.00
Courage Under FireSharon Dunn5h 50m4.5 (730)$24 · $0.00
Decoding the TruthJulie Miller7h 31m4.6 (350)$12 · $0.00
Murder Gone ColdB.J. Daniels5h 50m4.5 (562)$12 · $0.00
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky23h 14m4.4 (1.3M)$1 · $0.00
Exit FeeBrad Taylor3h 16m4.5 (1.9K)$18 · $0.00
Sworn to ProtectShirlee McCoy5h 7m4.5 (1K)$12 · $0.00
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15h 7m4.4 (887.1K)$33 · $0.00
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