The Woman in the Alcove by Green, Anna Katharine

Bobb. Hardcover. Very Good. Arthur I. Keller. Moderate wear around the extremities of the cover. Previous owner name & address on front end paper. Slight spine slant. Nice! V5C

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1906. An spinster falls in love with a man at a party. When another woman is murdered, and her beau is accused of the crime, she enlists Detective Sweetwater to help clear his name. Bumped and rubbed, boards a bit soiled, with loss to the spine heel. Hinges cracked, previous owner's name on the front end paper. One plate detached and laid in.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Keller, Arthur I. .

MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Green, Anna Katharine, 1846-1935

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A.L. Burt and Co, 1906-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding loosening slightly but intact. Previous owners nameplate on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

UsedVeryGood. Cover shows little to no wear. Binding tight, pages slightly yellowed, but in excellent condition.

IDB Productions, 2016-01-01. MP3 CD. New. This item is a brand new factory sealed MP3 disc supplied in a DVD case

MP3 Audio CD. The Woman in the Alcove I. THE WOMAN WITH THE DIAMOND I was, perhaps, the plainest girl in the room that night. I was also the happiest--up to one o’clock. Then my whole world crumbled, or, at least, suffered an eclipse. Why and how, I am about to relate. I was not made for love. This I had often said to myself; very often of late. In figure I am too diminutive, in face far too unbeautiful, for me to cherish expectations of this nature. Indeed, love had never entered into my plan of life, as was evinced by the nurse’s diploma I had just gained after three years of hard study and severe training. I was not made for love. But if I had been; had I been gifted with height, regularity of feature, or even with that eloquence of expression which redeems all defects save those which savor of deformity, I knew well whose eye I should have chosen to please, whose heart I should have felt proud to win. This knowledge came with a rush to my heart--(did I say heart? I should have… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Woman in the Alcove is one of the real masterpieces by Anna Katharine Green and a true gem of the genre of detective fiction, a well-written and refreshing story full of action, but without any violence being involved (apart from the murder it revolves around, of course).The spinster-detective in the novel is Miss Van Arsdale, a member of the high society in New York and a woman who is short and plain in appearance. She is invited to an elegant party where she falls in love with a gentleman called Mr. Durand ,who returns her feeling and proposes to her. There are a lot of strange comings and goings at the party, especially after the appearance of Mrs. Fairbrother who wears a spectacular diamond. Mrs. Fairbrother is murdered in an alcove down the corridor soon after her arrival and the prime suspect is none else than Mr. Durand, so Miss Van Arsdale gets down to work to prove that her love is innocent.The Woman in the Alcove is among Anna Katharine Green?s best mysteries. The… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Woman in the Alcove is one of the real masterpieces by Anna Katharine Green and a true gem of the genre of detective fiction, a well-written and refreshing story full of action, but without any violence being involved (apart from the murder it revolves around, of course).The spinster-detective in the novel is Miss Van Arsdale, a member of the high society in New York and a woman who is short and plain in appearance. She is invited to an elegant party where she falls in love with a gentleman called Mr. Durand ,who returns her feeling and proposes to her. There are a lot of strange comings and goings at the party, especially after the appearance of Mrs. Fairbrother who wears a spectacular diamond. Mrs. Fairbrother is murdered in an alcove down the corridor soon after her arrival and the prime suspect is none else than Mr. Durand, so Miss Van Arsdale gets down to work to prove that her love is innocent.The Woman in the Alcove is among Anna Katharine Green?s best mysteries. The… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Woman in the Alcove I. THE WOMAN WITH THE DIAMOND I was, perhaps, the plainest girl in the room that night. I was also the happiest--up to one o’clock. Then my whole world crumbled, or, at least, suffered an eclipse. Why and how, I am about to relate. I was not made for love. This I had often said to myself; very often of late. In figure I am too diminutive, in face far too unbeautiful, for me to cherish expectations of this nature. Indeed, love had never entered into my plan of life, as was evinced by the nurse’s diploma I had just gained after three years of hard study and severe training. I was not made for love. But if I had been; had I been gifted with height, regularity of feature, or even with that eloquence of expression which redeems all defects save those which savor of deformity, I knew well whose eye I should have chosen to please, whose heart I should have felt proud to win. This knowledge came with a rush to my heart--(did I say heart? I should have… Read More