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The Sword of Damocles

First published
1881
Pages
364

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  1. A Wanderer

    4:27

  2. A Discussion

    13:13

  3. A Mysterious Summons

    22:44

  4. Searchings

    24:22

  5. The Rubicon

    27:10

  6. A Hand Clasp

    4:38

  7. Mrs. Sylvester

    16:42

  8. Shadows of the Past

    16:46

  9. Paula

    29:26

  10. The Barred Door

    16:30

  11. Miss Stuyvesant

    23:20

  12. Miss Belinda Makes Conditions

    24:21

  13. The End of My Lady's Picture

    28:35

  14. Miss Belinda has a Question to Decide

    34:46

  15. An Adventure - or Something More

    19:46

  16. The Sword of Damocles

    28:52

  17. Grave and Gay

    26:41

  18. In the Night Watches

    8:00

  19. A Day at the Bank

    15:00

  20. The Dregs in the Cup

    20:13

  21. Departure

    21:23

  22. Hopgood

    23:54

  23. The Poem

    23:18

  24. The Japha Mansion

    24:29

  25. Jacqueline

    25:53

  26. A Man's Justice and a Woman's Mercy

    31:31

  27. The Lone Watcher

    14:18

  28. Sunshine on the Hills

    28:52

  29. Mist in the Valley

    4:39

  30. Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift

    19:45

  31. A Question

    12:58

  32. Full Tide

    31:03

  33. Two Letters

    23:55

  34. Paula Makes her Choice

    24:23

  35. The Falling of the Sword

    35:54

  36. Morning

    11:39

  37. The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective

    41:05

  38. Bluebeard's Chamber

    9:55

  39. From A. to Z

    63:48

  40. Half-past Seven

    3:56

  41. The Work of an Hour

    38:01

  42. Paula Relates a Story She has Heard

    13:14

  43. Determination

    7:39

  44. In Mr. Stuyvesant's Parlors

    21:44

  45. "The Hour of Six is Sacred!"

    17:51

  46. The Man Cummins

    19:00

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Better known for her detective fiction, Anna Katharine Green turned here to a novel of ambition and manners in Gilded Age New York. The story follows Bertram Mandeville, a gifted musician whose hunger for wealth and social standing collides with matters of the heart, and it traces how the wish to rise can hang over a life like the sword of the old Greek story. Green threads love, secrets, and moral testing through the drawing rooms and strivings of the city she knew intimately. Readers who come for her sleuths will find the same eye for character and buried motive, turned this time toward society and romance rather than crime. Free to download as a PDF and EPUB edition.

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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.

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Book facts

First published
1881
Reading time
About 10 hours
Pages
364
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Mary Bard