The Greatest Works of Anna Katharine Green (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Sword of Damocles, The Leavenworth Case, Room Number 3, Dark Hollow, Initials Only, Agatha Webb…By Anna Katharine Green
Length233h 10m
About this audiobook
The Greatest Works of Anna Katharine Green gathers the essential achievements of a writer who helped shape detective fiction before the genre had fully named its conventions. Centered on intricate crimes, legal testimony, hidden motives, and psychologically attentive detection, these works combine Victorian melodrama with rigorous plotting. Green's prose is formal, suspenseful, and architecturally precise, placing her between sensation fiction and the later Golden Age mystery. Anna Katharine Green, born in 1846 in Brooklyn, was among the first American novelists to make the detective story a sustained literary form. Her landmark success with The Leavenworth Case in 1878 demonstrated her unusual command of legal procedure, forensic detail, and narrative misdirection. At a time when women writers were often confined to domestic subjects, Green brought intellectual authority to crime fiction, creating memorable investigators and perceptive female characters who expanded the possibilities of the genre. This collection is highly recommended for readers interested in the origins of modern mystery, the evolution of women's authorship, and the literary culture of late nineteenth-century America. It offers both gripping entertainment and a crucial historical record of detective fiction's emergence.
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
Length233 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 19, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26XVIII. The Little Pincushion
2Introduction
27XIX. A Decided Step Forward
3Historical Context
28XX. Miss Butterworth’s Theory
4Synopsis (Selection)
29XXI. A Shrewd Conjecture
5Amelia Butterworth Series:
30XXII. A Blank Card
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6That Affair Next Door
31XXIII. Ruth Oliver
7Book I. Miss Butterworth’s Window
32XXIV. A House of Cards
8I. A Discovery
33XXV. “The Rings! Where Are the Rings?”
9II. Questions
34XXVI. A Tilt With Mr. Gryce
10III. Amelia Discovers Herself
35XXVII. Found
11IV. Silas Van Burnam
36XXVIII. Taken Aback
12V. “This Is No One I Know.”
37Book III. The Girl in Gray
13VI. New Facts
38XXIX. Amelia Becomes Peremptory
14VII. Mr. Gryce Discovers Miss Amelia
39XXX. The Matter as Stated by Mr. Gryce
15VIII. The Misses Van Burnam
40XXXI. Some Fine Work
16IX. Developments
41XXXII. Iconoclasm
17X. Important Evidence
42XXXIII. “Known, Known, All Known.”
18XI. The Order Clerk
43XXXIV. Exactly Half-Past Three
19XII. The Keys
44XXXV. A Ruse
20XIII. Howard Van Burnam
45Book IV. The End of a Great Mystery
21XIV. A Serious Admission
46XXXVI. The Result
22XV. A Reluctant Witness
47XXXVII. “Two Weeks!”
23Book II. The Windings of a Labyrinth
48XXXVIII. A White Satin Gown
24XVI. Cogitations
49XXXIX. The Watchful Eye
25XVII. Butterworth Versus Gryce
50XL. As the Clock Struck
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