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The Sword of Damocles

Anna Katharine Green (1864 - 1935)

Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does indeed include several mysteries. There is a very brief appearance by her famous detective, Mr Gryce, but at the heart of the book, which is subtitled A Story of New York Life, are a number of very different love stories. (Summary by Mary Bard)

Genre(s): Detective Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	A Wanderer	Mary Bard	00:04:27
Play 02	A Discussion	Mary Bard	00:13:13
Play 03	A Mysterious Summons	Mary Bard	00:22:44
Play 04	Searchings	Mary Bard	00:24:22
Play 05	The Rubicon	Mary Bard	00:27:10
Play 06	A Hand Clasp	Mary Bard	00:04:38
Play 07	Mrs. Sylvester	Mary Bard	00:16:42
Play 08	Shadows of the Past	Mary Bard	00:16:46
Play 09	Paula	Mary Bard	00:29:26
Play 10	The Barred Door	Mary Bard	00:16:30
Play 11	Miss Stuyvesant	Mary Bard	00:23:20
Play 12	Miss Belinda Makes Conditions	Mary Bard	00:24:21
Play 13	The End of My Lady's Picture	Mary Bard	00:28:35
Play 14	Miss Belinda has a Question to Decide	Mary Bard	00:34:46
Play 15	An Adventure - or Something More	Mary Bard	00:19:46
Play 16	The Sword of Damocles	Mary Bard	00:28:52
Play 17	Grave and Gay	Mary Bard	00:26:41
Play 18	In the Night Watches	Mary Bard	00:08:00
Play 19	A Day at the Bank	Mary Bard	00:15:00
Play 20	The Dregs in the Cup	Mary Bard	00:20:13
Play 21	Departure	Mary Bard	00:21:23
Play 22	Hopgood	Mary Bard	00:23:54
Play 23	The Poem	Mary Bard	00:23:18
Play 24	The Japha Mansion	Mary Bard	00:24:29
Play 25	Jacqueline	Mary Bard	00:25:53
Play 26	A Man's Justice and a Woman's Mercy	Mary Bard	00:31:31
Play 27	The Lone Watcher	Mary Bard	00:14:18
Play 28	Sunshine on the Hills	Mary Bard	00:28:52
Play 29	Mist in the Valley	Mary Bard	00:04:39
Play 30	Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift	Mary Bard	00:19:45
Play 31	A Question	Mary Bard	00:12:58
Play 32	Full Tide	Mary Bard	00:31:03
Play 33	Two Letters	Mary Bard	00:23:55
Play 34	Paula Makes her Choice	Mary Bard	00:24:23
Play 35	The Falling of the Sword	Mary Bard	00:35:54
Play 36	Morning	Mary Bard	00:11:39
Play 37	The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective	Mary Bard	00:41:05
Play 38	Bluebeard's Chamber	Mary Bard	00:09:55
Play 39	From A. to Z	Mary Bard	01:03:48
Play 40	Half-past Seven	Mary Bard	00:03:56
Play 41	The Work of an Hour	Mary Bard	00:38:01
Play 42	Paula Relates a Story She has Heard	Mary Bard	00:13:14
Play 43	Determination	Mary Bard	00:07:39
Play 44	In Mr. Stuyvesant's Parlors	Mary Bard	00:21:44
Play 45	"The Hour of Six is Sacred!"	Mary Bard	00:17:51
Play 46	The Man Cummins	Mary Bard	00:19:00

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