Anna Katharine Green

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The Mother of Detective Fiction, the American novelist Anna Katharine Green produced well-constructed plots, noted for their sound knowledge of criminal law and accurate realism. Her detective stories would have a lasting influence on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and countless other writers of crime and mystery literature.  For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Green’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)

Description

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Green’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the major novels and other texts
* All 29 novels, with individual contents tables
* Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including Green’s last novel THE STEP ON THE STAIR
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Many works are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Special Amelia Butterworth Series contents table – the original influence for Jane Marple
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the short stories you want to read
* Includes rare uncollected short stories, appearing here for the first time in digital publishing, including 7 TO 12: A DETECTIVE STORY
* Includes Green’s rare poetry collection THE DEFENCE OF THE BRIDE AND OTHER POEMS
* Green’s play RISIFI’S DAUGHTER, digitised here for the first time
* Features rare non-fiction newspaper articles by Green
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with corrections and improved structure

CONTENTS:

The Amelia Butterworth Series

The Novels
The Leavenworth Case (1878)
A Strange Disappearance (1880)
The Sword of Damocles (1881)
XYZ (1883)
Hand and Ring (1883)
The Mill Mystery (1886)
Behind Closed Doors (1888)
The Forsaken Inn (1890)
A Matter of Millions (1891)
Cynthia Wakeham’s Money (1892)
Marked Personal (1893)
Miss Hurd (1894)
Doctor Izard (1895)
That Affair Next Door (1897)
Lost Man’s Lane (1898)
Agatha Webb (1899)
The Circular Study (1900)
One of My Sons (1901)
The Filigree Ball (1903)
The Millionaire Baby (1905)
The Woman in the Alcove (1906)
The Chief Legatee (1906)
The Mayor’s Wife (1907)
Three Thousand Dollars (1910)
The House of the Whispering Pines (1910)
Initials Only (1911)
Dark Hollow (1914)
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917)
The Step on the Stair (1923)

The Shorter Fiction
The Old Stone House and Other Stories (1891)
Masterpieces of Mystery (1913)
The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange (1915)
To the Minute, Scarlet and Black (1916)
Uncollected Short Stories

The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

The Play
Risifi’s Daughter (1887)

The Poetry
The Defence of the Bride and Other Poems (1882)

The Non-Fiction
Newspaper Articles

 

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