LEAVENWORTH CASE, A LAWYER'S STORY
GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE; .SLUNG, MICHELE INTRO
Language: English
Published by Dover Publications. 1878,1981, NY, 1878
Series: Book 1 of 1 - Detective Ebenezer Gryce (Paperback edition)
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VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK.clean, solid,bright; WHITE titles to glossy Bbrown sepia paper covers. showing WOMAN in white, on her knees, in front of fireplace.man standing behind her. ; 331pg pages; Mother of the Detective Novel," Anna Katharine Green (1846 1935) shaped the structure of the modern detective novel and gave it a distinctive American style.
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- Title
- LEAVENWORTH CASE, A LAWYER'S STORY
- Author
- GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE; .SLUNG, MICHELE INTRO
- Publisher
- Dover Publications. 1878,1981, NY
- Publication year
- 1878
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0486238652
- ISBN 13
- 9780486238654
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by KENNEDY, PAUL E. Ilust cover art
- Edition
- UNABRIDGED REPUBLICATION EDITION.
- Dimensions
- 5x8"
- Series
- Book 1 of 1: Detective Ebenezer Gryce (Paperback edition)
THIS DETECTIVE STORY CLUB CLASSIC is introduced by Dr John Curran, who looks at how Anna Katherine Green was a pioneer who inspired a new generation of crime writers, in particular a young woman named Agatha Christie.
When the retired merchant Horatio Leavenworth is found shot dead in his mansion library, suspicion falls on his nieces, Mary and Eleanore, who stand to inherit his vast fortune. Their lawyer, Everett Raymond, infatuated with one of the sisters, is determined that the official investigator, detective Ebenezer Gryce, widens the inquiry to less obvious suspects.
The Leavenworth Case, the first detective novel written by a woman, immortalised its author Anna Katharine Green as ‘The Mother of Detective Fiction’. Admired for her careful plotting and legal accuracy, the book enjoyed enormous success both in England and America, and was widely translated. It was republished by The Detective Story Club after Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, speaking at the 1928 Thanksgiving Day dinner of the American Society in London, remarked: ‘An American woman, a successor of Poe, Anna K. Green, gave us The Leavenworth Case, which I still think one of the best detective stories ever written.’
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Review
‘Green (1846–1935), whose smooth prose remains fresh, makes Gryce an interesting enough character to leave fans of traditional whodunits eager to see more of the detective in reissues of his further exploits.’ Publishers Weekly
‘A well plotted whodunit, and a fascinating introduction to Ebenezer Gryce, a worthy competitor for Sherlock Holmes and a character who really deserves a renaissance with mystery readers.’ MostlyFiction Book Reviews
“Attractively bound in black and gold, with vivid coloured jackets, these books are bound to be immensely popular.” DAILY MIRROR
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