The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life eBook Anna Katharine Green
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The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life eBook Anna Katharine Green
Read it and find out! Recommended! +++It does have some scary themes such as murder, and a little bit of romance (plus a hint at illegitimacy, although children might not catch it) so I wouldn't recommend it for younger readers. For an adult, though, it is an excellent book- with themes of honor, familial love and (gasp!) Godly repentance. A major theme running through the book, seen in several different characters, is the power of repentance and God's forgiveness- and there's one character who's inspiration was obviously the kind Father in the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
One more note: not everything that this author wrote is so uplifting. The Whispering Pines mystery, with its themes of betrayal, murder and self-destruction is seriously disturbing... I can't write of any of the others as I haven't read them yet.
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The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life eBook Anna Katharine Green Reviews
Unlike most of Green's novels, this one is essentially a Victorian romance, infused with lots of Victorian moralizing and lots of melodrama, rather than detective fiction. There *is* a mystery tacked on toward the end, which almost feels like a separate novel, as if Green got carried away building up the background story of the characters before finally getting to the mystery.
If you can stomach heavy-handed Victorian moralizing and melodrama, as well as some unnecessarily flowery language, the novel is at times quite enjoyable. But, then again, I'm rather a sucker for old-fashioned romances.
The story opens up with a young man, Bertram Mandeville, telling his 40 year old uncle, Edward Sylvester, that he wants to quit his promising career as a concert pianist because he's fallen in love with a young lady whose father disapproves of musicians. We get to hear all the details of how they met and how she is the epitome of the virtuous, innocent Victorian maiden.
He instead becomes a bank clerk at Sylvester's banking firm, hoping to make move up the ranks and make his fortune in a couple of years, when she comes of marriageable age, so he can claim her suit.
The narrative then shifts to Edward Sylvester. He reflects on his own pursuit of money and luxury as a younger man, the impetus of which had been a beautiful but materialistic woman, Ona, whom he married.
Edward is inspired by Bertram to seek out a different young lady he'd met ten years ago, Paula Fairchild. She had been only ten then and had seemed to represent "something of the noble and the pure that lay beneath the crust of life."
As Paula is a distant, poor relative of Ona, he uses this as a pretext for seeing her again, and then suggesting she come stay with him and Ona.
The melodrama gushes forth from here, the contrast between Paula and Ona, and the unrequited, barely acknowledged feelings bubbling between Paula and Edward. This is a respectable Victorian novel, so nothing truly improper happens, though Green walks an interesting tightrope.
Then a dark secret threatens to destroy Edward... That's where the detective story comes in to play.
Returning back to the Victorian romance part of the story, it ends with redemption and the triumph of true love and selfless devotion (sorry for the spoiler).
I love Anna Katherine ----this book is by far the best of her books I have read.
I wss interested in Anna Katharine Green as the author of the first US mystery novel (not short stories--that honor belongs, of course, to Poe). I read that one, the Leavenworth Case (1876), and found it not bad. Decided to try another (lots of them on ) and chose this one by the title. I was very disappointed--inflated descriptions, cliched characters, mostly. She does use a Manhattan setting so it was fun to spot use of definite streets, etc. I am not tempted to try a third. Wilmet
This isn't a murder mystery per se, but has plenty of mysteries involved. Mr. Gryce (from The Leavenworth Case, etc.) enters the story towards the very end, and then drops back out, but the story still has plenty of surprises, if it is sometimes a little heavy-handed with the 'moral of the story'. It's one of the many free-standing novels she wrote, and for a free edition I found few errors, and those minor. I had read The Leavenworth Case years ago, but as sometimes happens with highly recommended books, didn't care for it too much. I'm very glad I found the Anna Katharine Green Megapack and read the Amelia Butterworth mysteries, which I really enjoyed (these also contain Mr. Gryce) and then re-read The Leavenworth Case. Once better acquainted with Mr. Gryce, I enjoyed the book far more.
Read it and find out! Recommended! +++
It does have some scary themes such as murder, and a little bit of romance (plus a hint at illegitimacy, although children might not catch it) so I wouldn't recommend it for younger readers. For an adult, though, it is an excellent book- with themes of honor, familial love and (gasp!) Godly repentance. A major theme running through the book, seen in several different characters, is the power of repentance and God's forgiveness- and there's one character who's inspiration was obviously the kind Father in the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
One more note not everything that this author wrote is so uplifting. The Whispering Pines mystery, with its themes of betrayal, murder and self-destruction is seriously disturbing... I can't write of any of the others as I haven't read them yet.
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