Susan Glaspell

With its high stakes and uncertain outcome, the mystery tale is the most popular form of fiction in the United States. Crime Classics presents spellbinding works by such masters as Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dashiell Hammett, Dorothy Sayers, and Agatha Christie, as well as delightful gems from less familiar writers like Cornell Woolrich and intriguing tales by authors not usually associated with mystery writing- Flannery O'Connor, Jorge Louis Borges, and William Faulkner. Burns and Sullivan introduce the anthology by tracing the history of the genre and providing a biography of each author. Mystery stories demand superb craftsmanship and attention to detail; these enticing pieces combine fine writing, inventive plots, and challenges that readers will find irresistible. Contents: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) by Edgar Allan Poe [Purloined Letter]( (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe [A Scandal in Bohemia]( (1891) by Arthur Conan Doyle [The Adventure of the Speckled Band]( (1892) by Arthur Conan Doyle The Problem of Cell 13 (1905) by Jacques Futrelle The Invisible Man (1911) by G.K. Chesterton A Jury of Her Peers (1917) by Susan Glaspell The House in Turk Street (1924) by Dashiell Hammett The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba (1928) by Dorothy L. Sayers The Blue Geranium (1929) by Agatha Christie Murder at the Automat (1937) by Cornell Woolrich Hand Upon the Waters (1939) by William Faulkner Death and the Compass (1945) by Jorge Luís Borges; trans. by Anthony Kerrigan The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue (1965) by Ellery Queen The Comforts of Home (1960) by Flannery O’Connor The Sleeping Dog (1965) by Ross Macdonald Sadie When She Died (1973) by Ed McBain

"The first complete collection of the works of American playwright Susan Glaspell, this book includes all of the Pulitzer Prize winner's one-act works. The book also features Glaspell's full-length plays some of which are published here for the first time. Each play includes an introductory essay along with extended biographical and critical essays"--Provided by publisher.

Woman solves mystery in her past when she returns to small American town after years of wandering in foreign lands.

The Stories Chosen for This Year's Anthology

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[Beyond the Bayou]( Kate Chopin The Canvasser's Tale Mark Twain A Christmas Fantasy with a Moral Thomas Bailey Aldrich The Cripple Guy de Maupassant The Four Fists F. Scott Fitzgerald Freckles M'Grath Susan Glaspell From A to Z Susan Glaspell Haunted Author Marcus Clarke His America Susan Glaspell Honolulu W. Somerset Maugham The Log Guy de Maupassant The Rondoli Sisters Guy de Maupassant The Star Child Oscar Wilde The Story of the Bad Little Boy Mark Twain The Story of the Good Little Boy Mark Twain The Strategist Saki A Stroll Guy de Maupassant Tarquin of Cheapside F. Scott Fitzgerald Tombstones Guy de Maupassant Unwritten Novel Virginia Woolf

vi, 312 p. ; 20 cm

[Young Goodman Brown]( / by Nathaniel Hawthorne, narrated by John Chancer -- The cask of Amontillado / by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Robert Fass -- Cousin William / by Harriet Beecher Stowe, narrated by Kate Fenton -- How I edited an agricultural paper / by Mark Twain, narrated by Bronson Pinchot -- A piece of string / by Guy Le Maupassant, narrated by Cornelius Garrett -- Angela, an inverted love story / by W.S. Gilbert, narrated by Cameron Stewart -- Oh! The public / by Anton Chekhov, narrated by Cameron Stewart -- The nightingale and the rose / by Oscar Wilde, narrated by John Telfer -- [Story of an hour]( / by Kate Chopin, narrated by Jennifer Woodward -- A coward / by Edith Wharton, narrated by John Chancer -- A jury of her peers / by Susan Glaspell, narrated by Jennifer Woodward -- [Araby]( by James Joyce, narrated by John Telfer -- The mark on the wall / by Virginia Woolf, narrated by Sarah LeFevre -- The interlopers / by Saki, narrated by Bill Wallis -- Head and shoulders / by F. Scott Fitzgerald, narrated by Stephen R. Thorne -- The stranger / by Katherine Mansfield, narrated by John Telfer -- The blind man / by D.H. Lawrence, narrated by Ric Jerrom -- Nuns at luncheon / by Aldous Huxley, narrated by Simon Vance.

Mother learns from her Iowa father how to build a lasting relationship with her invalid son.

This play was written in 1930. The author, Susan Glaspell, wrote many other better-known works. It is incredibly difficult to get your hands on a copy of this script. If you find it, or download it, feel very grateful!

[Cask of Amontillado]( / Edgar Allan Poe The silver protector / Ellis Parker Butler A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell The other hangman / John Dickson Carr Murder at the automat / Cornell Woolrich Red Wind / Raymond Chandler The couple next door / Margaret Miller So pale, so cold, so fair / Leigh Brackett Take care of yourself / William Campbell Gault The sailing club / David Fly The oblong room / Edward D. Hoch First lead gasser.

Contains: Winter Dreams What Stumped the Bluejays To Build a Fire A Jury of Her Peers The Storm The Pioneer Hep-Cat The Furnished Room I Can’t Breathe The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber A New England Nun The Chrysanthemums [Tell-tale Heart]( The Man Who Saw the Flood [Barn Burning]( The Yellow Wall Paper Hook The Key The Shore Line at Sunset The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown Coroner’s Inquest Roman Fever The Outcasts of Poker Flat The Last Gas Station The Fifty-First Dragon Sir Edmund Orme The Daemon Lover The Blue Hotel You’ll Never Know, Eear, How Much I Love You The Beauty The Devil and Daniel Webster Winter Night [Bartleby the Scrivener]( Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor The Boarded Window Jug of silver / Truman Capote -- Night club / Katharine Brush -- The lost Phoebe / Theodore Dreiser -- [The most dangerous game]( / Richard Connell -- The magic barrel / Bernard Malamud -- If Grant had been drinking at Appomattox / James Thurber -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving -- The music of Erich Zann / H.P. Lovecraft -- Enoch and the gorilla / Flannery O'Connor -- The untold lie / Sherwood Anderson -- Horse thief / Erskine Caldwell -- The haunted boy / Carson McCullers -- The valiant woman / J.F. Powers -- The minister's wife / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The rockpile / James Baldwin -- The enchanted bluff / Willa Cather -- O how she laughed / Conrad Aiken.

Death at the Excelsior by P. G. Wodehouse The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel by Robert Eustace The Game Played In The Dark by Ernest Bramah Her Letters by Kate Chopin A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell The Lost Duchess by Anonymous The Moabite Cipher by R. Austin Freeman [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge]( by Ambrose Bierce The Safety Match by Anton Chekhov [A Scandal in Bohemia]( by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle