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That Affair Next Door and Lost Man`s Lane de Anna Katharine Green

That Affair Next Door and Lost Man`s Lane

Autor Anna Katharine Green
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 noi 2003
Anna Katharine Green was the most famous and prolific writer of detective fiction in the United States prior to Dashiell Hammett. Her first novel, The Leavenworth Case, was the bestseller of 1878. Green is credited with a number of "firsts" within the mystery genre: she developed the tropes of the gentleman murdered as he makes out his will, and the icicle as murder weapon. She created the first female detectives in American fiction. Her amateur spinster sleuth, Amelia Butterworth, became the prototype for numerous women detectives to follow including Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. Nosy, opinionated, and tenacious, Amelia Butterworth engages in a sustained rivalry with Ebenezer Gryce, a police detective. In the interaction between these characters, Green developed two more conventions adopted by future generations of mystery writers: the investigation as battle between the sexes and between the professional and the unexpectedly sharp, observant amateur. This volume presents two of Green’s Amelia Butterworth tales out of print for the past one hundred years: That Affair Next Door (1897) and Lost Man’s Lane (1898). In That Affair Next Door a woman is found with her face crushed beyond recognition in the Gramercy Park townhouse of the Van Burnams, a prominent New York merchant family. Amelia Butterworth unravels the social climbing and instances of mistaken identity at the heart of the case. Lost Man’s Lane follows Amelia Butterworth to a dilapidated mansion in New York State. She has been asked to investigate a series of disappearances around the reportedly haunted house. Before arriving at the truth, Butterworth encounters more strange occurrences: a midnight burial, imprisonments, secret staircases, and a ghostly carriage.
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ISBN-13: 9780822331902
ISBN-10: 082233190X
Pagini: 456
Ilustrații: 2 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 221 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press

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"[F]un to read. . . . Butterworth is an old snoop, but a crafty one. . . . Nickerson's introduction] makes a resounding case for the importance of [Green] in the development of the mystery."—Booklist"[D]elightful, illuminating, and thoroughly readable. . . . Hats off to Catherine Ross Nickerson . . . for shining a light on these long-neglected women."—Adam Woog, Seattle Times"The publication of [Green's books] is a useful jolt, prompting us to recognize that me may have been disinclined to look for evidence that would disturb the neat contrasts of our potted history of the detective genre. . . . Green can hold her own with any mystery novelist. . . . [T]he republication of That Affair Next Door and Lost Man's Lane should prompt general rejoicing. . . . [A] terrific mystery. . . . [O]ne of the most entertaining books I've lately had the pleasure of reading."—Lisa Berglund, The Drood Review"Heads up Jane Marple, Arly Hanks, Kinsey Milhone et al. Preceding you is Miss Amelia Butterworth, the middle-aged spinster creation of Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935). Happily, Duke Press has reprinted two of her novels, out of print for the last hundred years. . . . Green starts off both novels fast with an intriguing incident and ends both with a dramatic climax. Her gothic elements add to the suspense. At various points in both novels the reader will think that s/he knows what is coming. S/he will be wrong. . . . This two in one volume is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to all mystery lovers."—Janet Overmyer, ILoveAMystery.com"Kudos to Duke for reprinting these suspenseful tales and rejuvenating the reputation of an undeservedly long-forgotten writer!"—Janet Overmyer, Mysterious Women"[A] must-read, mainly for its sparky, opinionated and very funny leading character. Amelia more than holds her own amongst the nosy spinsters of the Golden Age and beyond."—Sharon Wheeler, Reviewing the Evidence"If you are fond of Louisa May Alcott, you will like the tone, the suspense, the romance, and the view of women. . . . I hugely enjoyed rereading these tales, emblematic of a more intimate, mannered world where the home needed cleansing of hypocrisy and the abuse of (male) power, even if it needed an assist by a male detective." —The Poisoned Pen Classic Crimes Newsletter"Green writes entertainingly, and she gives us a picture of middle-class life in late 19th-century New York which is full of historical interest." —Charlotte Mitchell, The Spectator"For readers who think that Lifetime movies and the muddled genre books that combine romance and serial killers are a product of our tawdry age, Duke University Press has reprinted four 19th-century sensationalist classics that are titillating, vulgar, and moralistic by turns, full of violent action and passion, and as shallow and materialistic as reality television. Such fiction, however, provided an arena for women eager to become writers, and the novels collected in these two volumes—which each contain a fine introduction by scholar Catherine Ross Nickerson—display how vital that opportunity was."—Kris Lawson, Rain Taxi"Readers interested in the development of detective fiction and popular fiction will welcome these volumes, which make available hitherto hard-to-find short novels. . . . Highly recommended."—B. Diemert, CHOICE"[That Affair Next Door] is leisurely paced but not padded, and the detecting rivalry of amateur and professional is humorously and sensitively managed. Much of its careful plotting and attention to detail would be at home in a formal detective novel of decades later, though the final solution conies from a witness with an explanation anticipated by neither Gryce nor Butterworth. The surprise killer, though probably anticipated by latter-day readers, must have been a sensation in 1897."—Jon L. Breen, The Weekly Standard"[Green's] stories are a rich mixture of forensic techniques, complex puzzles and detailed characterisation. . . ."—South China Morning Post"[H]ighly readable. . . . Green's two novels are an excellent example of how women writers used popular genres to interrogate women's place in the not-so-separate spheres of work and home."— Jennifer Putzi, Legacy
"[F]un to read... Butterworth is an old snoop, but a crafty one... Nickerson's introduction] makes a resounding case for the importance of [Green] in the development of the mystery."--Booklist "[D]elightful, illuminating, and thoroughly readable... Hats off to Catherine Ross Nickerson ... for shining a light on these long-neglected women."--Adam Woog, Seattle Times "The publication of [Green's books] is a useful jolt, prompting us to recognize that me may have been disinclined to look for evidence that would disturb the neat contrasts of our potted history of the detective genre... Green can hold her own with any mystery novelist... [T]he republication of That Affair Next Door and Lost Man's Lane should prompt general rejoicing... [A] terrific mystery... [O]ne of the most entertaining books I've lately had the pleasure of reading."--Lisa Berglund, The Drood Review "Heads up Jane Marple, Arly Hanks, Kinsey Milhone et al. Preceding you is Miss Amelia Butterworth, the middle-aged spinster creation of Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935). Happily, Duke Press has reprinted two of her novels, out of print for the last hundred years... Green starts off both novels fast with an intriguing incident and ends both with a dramatic climax. Her gothic elements add to the suspense. At various points in both novels the reader will think that s/he knows what is coming. S/he will be wrong... This two in one volume is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to all mystery lovers."--Janet Overmyer, ILoveAMystery.com "Kudos to Duke for reprinting these suspenseful tales and rejuvenating the reputation of an undeservedly long-forgotten writer!"--Janet Overmyer, Mysterious Women "[A] must-read, mainly for its sparky, opinionated and very funny leading character. Amelia more than holds her own amongst the nosy spinsters of the Golden Age and beyond."--Sharon Wheeler, Reviewing the Evidence "If you are fond of Louisa May Alcott, you will like the tone, the suspense, the romance, and the view of women... I hugely enjoyed rereading these tales, emblematic of a more intimate, mannered world where the home needed cleansing of hypocrisy and the abuse of (male) power, even if it needed an assist by a male detective." --The Poisoned Pen Classic Crimes Newsletter "Green writes entertainingly, and she gives us a picture of middle-class life in late 19th-century New York which is full of historical interest." --Charlotte Mitchell, The Spectator "For readers who think that Lifetime movies and the muddled genre books that combine romance and serial killers are a product of our tawdry age, Duke University Press has reprinted four 19th-century sensationalist classics that are titillating, vulgar, and moralistic by turns, full of violent action and passion, and as shallow and materialistic as reality television. Such fiction, however, provided an arena for women eager to become writers, and the novels collected in these two volumes--which each contain a fine introduction by scholar Catherine Ross Nickerson--display how vital that opportunity was."--Kris Lawson, Rain Taxi "Readers interested in the development of detective fiction and popular fiction will welcome these volumes, which make available hitherto hard-to-find short novels... Highly recommended."--B. Diemert, CHOICE "[That Affair Next Door] is leisurely paced but not padded, and the detecting rivalry of amateur and professional is humorously and sensitively managed. Much of its careful plotting and attention to detail would be at home in a formal detective novel of decades later, though the final solution conies from a witness with an explanation anticipated by neither Gryce nor Butterworth. The surprise killer, though probably anticipated by latter-day readers, must have been a sensation in 1897."--Jon L. Breen, The Weekly Standard "[Green's] stories are a rich mixture of forensic techniques, complex puzzles and detailed characterisation..."--South China Morning Post "[H]ighly readable... Green's two novels are an excellent example of how women writers used popular genres to interrogate women's place in the not-so-separate spheres of work and home."-- Jennifer Putzi, Legacy

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Anna Katharine Green

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"From the very beginning women writers have been of fundamental importance to the mystery genre, and these highly entertaining works by one of the founding 'mothers' of the American mystery novel demonstrate why. Times may have changed since these books were first published, but good reading never goes out of fashion."--Dean James, coauthor of "By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women "and manager of Murder by the Book (Houston, Texas)

Cuprins

Introduction by Catherine Ross Nickerson 1
That Affair Next Door 11
Lost Man's Lane: A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth 245

Descriere

These nineteenth-century novels were the first mysteries to feature a female detective figure; Nickerson’s Introduction will introduce these out-of-print works to mystery fans and academics interested in women’s fiction and nineteenth-century literature.