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Description edit
The classic genre-defining whodunit, by the mother of the detective novel Introducing the first American series detective, Ebenezer Gryce, The Leavenworth Case was published nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes, and made author Anna Katharine Green an enormously popular and... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Horatio Leavenworth: Wealthy retired merchant and philanthropist
- Mary Leavenworth: Niece of Horatio Leavenworth
- Eleanore Leavenworth: Niece of Horatio Leavenworth
- Everett Raymond: Junior partner in a New York law firm that represents Horatio Leavenworth
- Ebenezer Gryce: The official investigator
- Mrs. Veeley: Add a description of this character.
- Mrs. Belden
- Trueman Harwell
- Hannah Chester
- Molly
- Thomas
- Mr. Veeley
- Mr. Stebbins
- Smith
- Mr. Monell
- Henry Ritchie Clavering
- Mr. Cook
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
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 absence of both Mr. Veeley and Mr. Carr, there came into our office a young man whose whole appearance was so indicative of haste and agitation that I involuntarily rose at his approach and impetuously inquired:
Table of Contents edit
BOOK I. THE PROBLEM
I. "A GREAT CASE"
II. THE CORONER'S INQUEST
III. FACTS AND DEDUCTIONS
IV. A CUTS
V. EXPERT TESTIMONY
VI. SIDE-LIGHTS
VII. MARY LEAVENWORTH
VIII. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
IX. A DISCOVERY
X. MR. GRYCE RECEIVES NEW IMPETUS
XI. THE SUMMONS
XII. ELEANORES
XIII. THE PROBLEM
BOOK II. HENRY CLAVERING
XIV. MR. GRYCE AT HOME
XV. WAYS OPENING
XVI. THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE
XVII. THE BEGINNING OF GREAT SURPRISES
XVIII. ON THE STAIRS
XIX. IN MY OFFICE
XX. "TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN!"
XXI. A PREJUDICE
XXII. PATCH-WORK
XXIII. THE STORY OF A CHARMING WOMAN
XXIV. A REPORT FOLLOWED BY SMOKE
XXV. TIMOTHY COOK
XXVI. MR. GRYCE EXPLAINS HIMSELF
BOOK III. HANNAH
XXVII. AMY BELDEN
XXVIII. A WEIRD EXPERIENCE
XXIX. THE MISSING WITNESS
XXX. BURNED PAPER
XXXI. "Thereby hangs a tale."
XXXII. MRS. BELDEN'S NARRATIVE
XXXIII. UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY
BOOK IV. THE PROBLEM SOLVED
XXXIV. MR. GRYCE RESUMES CONTROL
XXXV. FINE WORK
XXXVI. GATHERED THREADS
XXXVII. CULMINATION
XXXVIII. A FULL CONFESSION
XXXIX. THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT CRIME
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 12 in Ebenezer Gryce. (standard series)
Followed by A Strange Disappearance.
This book is in Penguin Classics. (publisher edition list)
This book is in NPR Summer Books 2010. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anna Katharine Green (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1878
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 475
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1878
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 475
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS2732 .L4 1878
- Dewey: 813.4
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