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Анна Грин

Американка Энн Кэтрин Грин (1846–1935) – пионер детективного жанра, писательница, впервые в истории литературы назвавшая свои романы «детективными». Она заложила основы полицейского романа, исторического детектива и романа о частном сыске. Ее дебютное произведение «Ливенвортское дело» (1878 г.) с...

The House of the Whispering PinesAnna Katharine Green The House of the Whispering Pines BOOK ONE SMOKE I THE HESITATING STEP To have reared a towering schemeOf happiness, and to behold it razed,Were nothing: all men hope, and see their hopesFrustrate, and grieve awhile, and hope anew;But— A Blot ...

The Chief LegateeAnna Katharine Green The Chief Legatee PART I A Woman of Mystery CHAPTER I A BRIDE OF FIVE HOURS "What's up?"This from the manager of the Hotel – to his chief clerk. "Something wrong in Room 81?""Yes, sir. I've just sent for a detective. You were not to be found and the gentleman...

The Leavenworth CaseAnna Katharine Green The Leavenworth Case BOOK I. THE PROBLEM I. “A GREAT CASE” “A deed of dreadful note.” —Macbeth.I had been a junior partner in the firm of Veeley, Carr & Raymond, attorneys and counsellors at law, for about a year, when one morning, in the temporary abs...

The Gray MadamAnna Katharine Green The Gray Madam / 1899 WAS it a specter?For days I could not answer this question. I am no believer in spiritual manifestations, yet—But let me tell my story.I was lodging with my wife on the first floor of a house in Twenty-seventh street. I had taken the apartm...

The Forsaken InnAnna Katharine Green The Forsaken Inn: A Novel CHAPTER I. THE OAK PARLOR I WAS riding between Albany and Poughkeepsie. It was raining furiously, and my horse, already weary with long travel, gave unmistakable signs of discouragement. I was, therefore, greatly relieved when, in the...

The Sword of Damocles: A Story of New York LifeGreen Anna Katharine The Sword of Damocles: A Story of New York Life Damocles, one of the courtiers of Dionysius, was perpetually extolling with rapture that tyrant's treasures, grandeur, the number of his troops, the extent of his dominions, the mag...

The Millionaire BabyGreen Anna Katharine The Millionaire Baby I TWO LITTLE SHOES The morning of August eighteenth, 190-, was a memorable one to me. For two months I had had a run of bad luck. During that time I had failed to score in at least three affairs of unusual importance, and the result wa...

Room Number 3, and Other Detective StoriesAnna Katharine Green Room Number 3, and Other Detective Stories ROOM NUMBER 3 I "What door is that? You've opened all the others; why do you pass that one by?""Oh, that! That's only Number 3. A mere closet, gentlemen," responded the landlord in a pleasant...

Hand and RingGreen Anna Katharine Hand and Ring BOOK I. THE GENTLEMAN FROM TOLEDO I. A STARTLING COINCIDENCE By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes. – Macbeth.THE town clock of Sibley had just struck twelve. Court had adjourned, and Judge Evans, with one or two of the leadin...