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The Leavenworth Case
- Narrated by: Steve Marvel
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
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 influential writer who changed the mystery genre forever.
Showcasing Green's verve and style, The Leavenworth Case opens with the shocking murder of Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy New York merchant, philanthropist, and well-known member of the community. His favorite niece, Mary, is to inherit his fortune, and all of the evidence seems to implicate her or her sister. Yet surprises greet Gryce at every turn - even before the second murder.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-08-22
Long winded
I can appreciate that the book is written from a time of 1871 and obviously people reacted and behaved so differently from today but I found parts of this book frustrating and long winded padding the book out.
A very difficult book to narrate and was achieved quite well . Clever twist in the plot at the end.
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- butler-Whittakers
- 17-08-22
Absolutely brilliant
I wloved this story, I found it really satisfying, and actually quite exciting to listen to something that was the first of its kind. Really well written, entertaining, clever and charming, it is hard to believe it was written getting on for two hundred years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will definitely read or listen to more. (This particular version was also really well narrated). Thoroughly enjoyable 😁😁😁
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- Jill Goodman
- 11-07-18
A different take on a Classic Detective story.
This was an interesting story with an unexpected twist at the end. The plotting was intricate and perhaps a little convoluted, however it was spoiled by a rather flat reading, though the narrator did differentiate between the characters. Overall I enjoyed it.
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- Barbara Bennett
- 09-08-17
The Leavenworth Case
Very well written, would highly recommend this detective story which is full of twists which in turn keeps you in suspense.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-06-24
Forgotten classic
The story is a little bit slow and too detailed but it was interesting to see how the detective stories looked like at the very beginning of the genre.
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- Carôle
- 02-11-22
Tedious, long and boring…
Probably because the narrator - Steve Marvel - is a bit dull. Or because there is no personality.
It is written in a long laborious manner. Not a novel, but a long list of incidents related to an incurious witness by a disinterested auditor. Chapter 38 is a case in point.
I shall not read another by this author. Far too wordy.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-06-23
Old-school pathetic type of narrative
I rarely leave a book unfinished so I managed to finish this one, but it was tedious and pathetic.
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- S M.
- 06-11-22
Rather slow and tedious
Couldn’t bring myself to listen to the whole book. Found it slow and rather tedious
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- J
- 14-01-24
boring
If those were amalgamated to few fewer chapters, this would have been better. Such a shame.
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