The Old Stone House and Other Stories

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The Old Stone House and Other Stories is a book by Anna Katharine Green. The contents list The Old Stone House, A Memorable Night, The Black Cross, A Mysterious Case and Shall He Wed Her? A story headed The Old Stone House has a rider on an autumn day who comes suddenly upon an old stone house in a wooded part of New York State.

A speaker asks that an old man be pardoned, saying he is ninety and upwards, and thinks everybody is as interested in the story of that old house as he is himself. A funeral scene has twin coffins about to be lowered into an open grave dug for the unhappy lovers. A conversation turns on whether Miss Dawes could have been concerned in a matter, and a detective is said to have reported who was the next person who went into the parlor.

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Anna Katharine Green

Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American novelist often called the mother of detective fiction. Her bestselling debut, The Leavenworth Case, brought realism and legal detail to the genre, and over a long career she created recurring sleuths who influenced writers from Conan Doyle to Agatha Christie.