Unravelled Knots (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Armchair Detective Tales of the Old Man in the Corner, Teashop Clues, and Classic British Puzzle MysteriesBy Emmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy
Length9h 4m
About this audiobook
Unravelled Knots gathers Baroness Orczy's late tales of the Old Man in the Corner, the sedentary sleuth who solves sensational crimes not by chase or forensic spectacle, but by ruthless inference. Framed through conversation, newspaper evidence, and the famous nervous manipulation of knotted string, the stories refine the "armchair detective" mode within early twentieth-century crime fiction. Orczy's prose is brisk, theatrical, and teasingly ironic, placing her work between Victorian puzzle-mystery and the emerging Golden Age detective tradition. Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy (1865–1947), was a Hungarian-born British writer, dramatist, and aristocratic émigrée, best remembered for The Scarlet Pimpernel. Her fascination with disguise, social performance, class anxiety, and political instability informs even her detective fiction. Having experienced displacement after her family left Hungary, and having worked successfully for the stage, Orczy brought to crime writing a sharp sense of scene, dialogue, and hidden motive. This volume is recommended to readers interested in the genealogy of detective fiction, especially those who value intellectual puzzles over action. Unravelled Knots offers elegant, compact mysteries and a memorable detective whose brilliance is inseparable from ambiguity, vanity, and moral detachment.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.6 (153)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing, Amazon, StoryGraph
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length9 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5I THE MYSTERY OF THE KHAKI TUNIC
Mostrar todos os capítulosVer menos
6II THE MYSTERY OF THE INGRES MASTERPIECE
7III THE MYSTERY OF THE PEARL NECKLACE
8IV THE MYSTERY OF THE RUSSIAN PRINCE
9V THE MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY IN BISHOP'S ROAD
10VI THE MYSTERY OF THE DOG'S TOOTH CLIFF
11VII THE TYTHERTON CASE
12VIII THE MYSTERY OF BRUDENELL COURT
13IX THE MYSTERY OF THE WHITE CARNATION
14X THE MYSTERY OF THE MONTMARTRE HAT
15XI THE MISER OF MAIDA VALE
16XII THE FULTON GARDENS MYSTERY
17XIII A MOORLAND TRAGEDY
18Analysis
19Reflection
20Memorable Quotes
More from Emmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy
Beau BrocadeEmmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy8h 26m3.7 (637)$2 · $0.00
The Old Man in the CornerEmmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy6h 38m3.7 (1.8K)$1 · $0.00
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Annotated)Emmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy9h 54m4.1 (143.5K)$2 · $0.00
The Noble RogueEmmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy14h 45m3.8 (11)$2 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
The New Human Revolution, vol. 1Daisaku Ikeda7h 46m4.7 (669)$12 · $0.00
The ReunionJana Deleon6h 31m4.6 (1.6K)$26 · $0.00
To Hold and ProtectSandra Owens7h 59m4.6 (1.1K)$8 · $0.00
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Complete Edition)Arthur Conan Doyle12h 41m4.6 (286.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
Farewell My Lovely (Annotated)Raymond Chandler10h 37m4.6 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m4.5 (77.2K)$53 · $0.00
Olympic Mountain PursuitJodie Bailey5h 55m4.6 (638)$12 · $0.00
Glen AffricKarine Giebel22h 51m4.5 (3.2K)$46 · $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
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
Tracking Stolen SecretsLaura Scott5h 37m4.5 (2.2K)$12 · $0.00
The Gothic Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated Edition)Edgar Allan Poe21h 5m4.5 (2.9K)$1.99 · $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
The Rose CodeKate Quinn16h 2m4.4 (493.7K)$33 · $0.00
No Woman Left BehindJulie Moffett8h 49m4.5 (3K)$25 · $0.00
You may also like
The Roman Hat MysteryEllery Queen11h 5m3.8 (12.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Middle Temple MurderJ. S. Fletcher8h 24m3.8 (1.2K)$2.30
The Murder on the Links (British Mystery Classic)Agatha Christie8h 43m4.0 (146.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Wisdom of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton7h 51m3.9 (8.8K)$2.30 · $0.00
Lady Molly of Scotland YardBaroness Emmuska ORCZY9h 11m3.7 (1.9K)$7 · $0.00
MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW ROOMGaston Leroux9h 56m3.8 (19.6K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesSir Arthur Conan Doyle7h 35m4.4 (139.9K)$17
The Wisdom of Father BrownG.K.Chesterton7h 49m4.0 (9.3K)$2.30
Lady Molly Of Scotland YardBaroness Emmuska Orczy9h 13m3.6 (1.8K)$2.40
Behind That CurtainEarl Derr Biggers9h 7m4.0 (1.4K)$1 · $0.00
The Valley of FearArthur Conan Doyle6h 21m4.1 (73.5K)$12 · $0.00
Naked Once MoreElizabeth Peters12h 43m4.1 (3.6K)$23
Lord Edgware DiesAgatha Christie6h 32m4.1 (78.2K)$24 · $0.00
The HiddenMelanie Golding12h 39m3.7 (7.6K)$33 · $0.00
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesSir Arthur Conan Doyle9h 31m4.3 (121.8K)$2.30
The Case for PoirotAgatha Christie26h 55m4.5 (1.7K)$2 · $0.00
At the Villa Rose & The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel (Annotated)A. E. W. Mason10h 48m$2 · $0.00
The Usual British Suspects: 350+ Quintessential British Murder Mysteries & Detective NovelsArthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, R. Austin Freeman, Agatha Christie, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander1067h 39m4.4 (11)$1.99 · $0.00
The sea mysteryFreeman Wills Crofts8h 28m3.9 (748)$1 · $0.00
MURDER MYSTERY Boxed Set – Dorothy Fielding Edition (12 Detective Cases in One Edition) (Annotated)Dorothy Fielding105h 23m4.1 (10)$2 · $0.00