http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/-t1.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:54:18 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver_grey/site_logo.gif http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/-t1.htm http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/quotations-t20.htm agsilver As we both know, I love when writers use quotations. In fact, I love them so much, that I am going to type all of the chapter-beginning quotations from this book here for the SECOND TIME (the first time I did this, my Firefox cut out. Pissed). Even without reading the book, you can understand the plot arc through the quotations: "A deed of dreadful note." - Macbeth "The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come." - Troilus and Cressida "Confusion ... May 2008: The Leavenworth Case Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:54:18 GMT http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/quotations-t20.htm#45 http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/quotations-t20.htm http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/the-conclusion-ending-spoiler-alert-t16.htm agsilver I usually have difficulty determining the "whodunnit" in a mystery novel, but AK Green made one very obvious statement midway through the novel that gave it away. In "A Prejudice," Trueman relates his dream to Mr. Raymond, ending the story like this, "'He stalks the streets in freedom now,' the secretary went on, as if to himself; 'even dares to enter the house he has so wofully desecrated; but justice is justice and, sooner or later, something will transpire which ... May 2008: The Leavenworth Case Tue, 13 May 2008 00:39:05 GMT http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/the-conclusion-ending-spoiler-alert-t16.htm#40 http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/the-conclusion-ending-spoiler-alert-t16.htm http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/problems-with-the-novel-t15.htm agsilver The introduction to my copy says something to the effect that this book was wildly received because she was the first woman American mystery author (with the footnote that there were documented women writing mystery stories in cheap periodicals long before...so, I guess not), and AKG went on to write 30 more novels, mainly of the romance variety. However, the intro notes, this book has lost favor among the literary whathaveyou's and only sells a few copies a year without much explanation. Here's ... May 2008: The Leavenworth Case Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:09:17 GMT http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/problems-with-the-novel-t15.htm#36 http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/problems-with-the-novel-t15.htm http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/part-i-the-problem-t14.htm Quik79 In the first part of the novel we are introduced to the characters, our narrator a young lawyer who accidentally finds himself mixed up in the affair of his firm's client's murder, our two Mistresses Leavenworth, the beautiful Mary and the not as beautiful, but apparently more captivating (and incidentally animated) Eleanore and finally the detective, the likable and seemingly competent (but not in a Sherlock Holmes way), Mr. Gryce. Within the first few pages, we meet these people and find ... May 2008: The Leavenworth Case Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:36:58 GMT http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/part-i-the-problem-t14.htm#34 http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/part-i-the-problem-t14.htm http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/ms-green-bio-t13.htm Quik79 Anna Katherine Green was born November 11, 1846 in Brooklyn, New York to Catharine Ann Whitney and James Wilson Green, an attorney. She attended college in Vermont and returned to New York to engage in a life-long writing career. Her first novel, The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer’s Story was probably heavily influenced by her father’s career. The novel uses such plot devised as expert testimony, medical inquiry and ballistics reports. She is a noted friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and is said ... May 2008: The Leavenworth Case Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:06:10 GMT http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/ms-green-bio-t13.htm#33 http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/ms-green-bio-t13.htm http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/about-the-leavenworth-case-t11.htm agsilver Strangely enough, I can't find a quick synopsis of this book online. Once I get the book in the mail (ordered from Amazon), I will post the jacket copy here. I guess that it's appropriate that the plot of a mystery is...a mystery. According to The University of Adelaide website: Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935): One of the first writers of detective fiction in America, distinguished by well plotted, legally accurate stories. She wrote a number of book, including: # The Leavenworth ... May 2008: The Leavenworth Case Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:31:40 GMT http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/about-the-leavenworth-case-t11.htm#23 http://literaria.darkbb.com/may-2008-the-leavenworth-case-f5/about-the-leavenworth-case-t11.htm