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
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length66 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 5, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
18The Collected Works (pt. 14)
2Introduction
19The Collected Works (pt. 15)
3Historical Context
20The Collected Works (pt. 16)
4Synopsis (Selection)
21The Collected Works (pt. 17)
5The Collected Works (pt. 1)
22The Collected Works (pt. 18)
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6The Collected Works (pt. 2)
23The Collected Works (pt. 19)
7The Collected Works (pt. 3)
24The Collected Works (pt. 20)
8The Collected Works (pt. 4)
25The Collected Works (pt. 21)
9The Collected Works (pt. 5)
26The Collected Works (pt. 22)
10The Collected Works (pt. 6)
27The Collected Works (pt. 23)
11The Collected Works (pt. 7)
28The Collected Works (pt. 24)
12The Collected Works (pt. 8)
29The Collected Works (pt. 25)
13The Collected Works (pt. 9)
30The Collected Works (pt. 26)
14The Collected Works (pt. 10)
31The Collected Works (pt. 27)
15The Collected Works (pt. 11)
32Analysis
16The Collected Works (pt. 12)
33Reflection
17The Collected Works (pt. 13)
34Memorable Quotes
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 11m$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 26m$1 · $0.00
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant Mystery)Josephine Tey7h 5m$1 · $0.00
A Shilling for CandlesJosephine Tey8h 28m$1 · $0.00
Miss Pym DisposesJosephine Tey9h 2m$1 · $0.00
Inspector Alan Grant Mysteries - Complete SeriesJosephine Tey48h 49m$1.50 · $0.00
The Daughter of TimeJosephine Tey7h 7m$1 · $0.00
The Daughter of TimeJosephine Tey7h 3m$2 · $0.00
The Daughter of Time (Summarized Edition)Josephine Tey2h 36m$2
A Shilling for Candles (Musaicum Vintage Mysteries)Josephine Tey8h 25m$1 · $0.00
Kif: An Unvarnished HistoryJosephine Tey9h 52m$2 · $0.00
Die Tochter der Zeit (Zusammengefasste Ausgabe)Josephine Tey2h 46m$2
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Brat FarrarJosephine Tey10h 20m$2 · $0.00
British Murder Mysteries - The Josephine Tey CollectionJosephine Tey66h 52m$2 · $0.00
Unfinished BusinessBlair Howard7h 17m$23
EmberJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews13h 58m$23
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Animal 3K’wan6h 33m$20
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Extinction WarNicholas Sansbury Smith12h 1m$23
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The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m$53 · $0.00
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