The Collected Works of Cleveland Moffett (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Mysterious Card & Its Sequel, Through the Wall, American Exchange Bank Robbery, Possessed, The Conquest of America…By Cleveland Moffett
Length42h 53m
About this audiobook
The Collected Works of Cleveland Moffett brings together the varied productions of a writer who moved fluently between detective fiction, speculative adventure, social observation, and journalistic reportage. Moffett's prose is brisk, empirical, and theatrically paced, reflecting the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century fascination with science, crime, urban modernity, and professional expertise. His mysteries and fantastic narratives stand near the traditions of Poe, Doyle, and early scientific romance, yet retain a distinctly American appetite for immediacy and practical detail. Cleveland Moffett (1863–1926) was an American journalist, novelist, and playwright whose career shaped his literary imagination. His reporting for major newspapers and magazines trained him to value observation, suspense, and documentary texture, while his interest in technology, investigation, and public affairs supplied material for fiction that often feels both entertaining and diagnostic. He wrote in an era when journalism, popular science, and fiction frequently overlapped, and his work bears the marks of that fertile exchange. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the evolution of modern genre fiction, especially detective and speculative writing before the hard-boiled and pulp eras. It will also reward students of American literary culture who wish to see how popular narrative responded to industrial progress, urban anxiety, and the authority of facts.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- 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, Horror
Length42 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 20, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Collected Works of Cleveland Moffett (Annotated)
21The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory (pt. 4)
2Detective & True Crime Tales
22Possessed (pt. 1)
3Through the Wall (A Novel) (pt. 1)
23Possessed (pt. 2)
4Through the Wall (A Novel) (pt. 2)
24Possessed (pt. 3)
5Through the Wall (A Novel) (pt. 3)
25Non-Fiction
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6Through the Wall (A Novel) (pt. 4)
26Careers of Danger and Daring
7Through the Wall (A Novel) (pt. 5)
27The Steeple-Climber
8The Northampton Bank Robbery
28The Deep-Sea Diver
9The Susquehanna Express Robbery
29The Balloonist
10The Pollock Diamond Robbery
30The Pilot
11The Rock Island Express
31The Bridge-Builder
12The Destruction of the Renos
32The Fireman
13The American Exchange Bank Robbery
33The Aërial Acrobat
14Supernatural Tales
34The Wild-Beast Tamer
15The Mysterious Card
35The Dynamite Worker
16The Mysterious Card Unveiled (Sequel)
36The Locomotive Engineer
17Speculative War & Invasion Novels
37Into the Crater of a Volcano
18The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory (pt. 1)
38Consider the Moving Staircase
19The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory (pt. 2)
39Envy—A New Poison
20The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory (pt. 3)
40Memorable Quotes
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