Sword of Damocles

by Anna Katharine Green

46 chapters16h 39mEnglish1881

About this book

Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does indeed include several mysteries. There is a very brief appearance by her famous detective, Mr Gryce, but at the heart of the book, which is subtitled A Story of New York Life, are a number of very different love stories. (Summary by Mary Bard)

Chapters (46)

1A Wanderer

267

2A Discussion

793

3A Mysterious Summons

1364

4Searchings

1462

5The Rubicon

1630

6A Hand Clasp

278

7Mrs. Sylvester

1002

8Shadows of the Past

1006

9Paula

1766

10The Barred Door

990

11Miss Stuyvesant

1400

12Miss Belinda Makes Conditions

1461

13The End of My Lady's Picture

1715

14Miss Belinda has a Question to Decide

2086

15An Adventure - or Something More

1186

16The Sword of Damocles

1732

17Grave and Gay

1601

18In the Night Watches

480

19A Day at the Bank

900

20The Dregs in the Cup

1213

21Departure

1283

22Hopgood

1434

23The Poem

1398

24The Japha Mansion

1469

25Jacqueline

1553

26A Man's Justice and a Woman's Mercy

1891

27The Lone Watcher

858

28Sunshine on the Hills

1732

29Mist in the Valley

279

30Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift

1185

31A Question

778

32Full Tide

1863

33Two Letters

1435

34Paula Makes her Choice

1463

35The Falling of the Sword

2154

36Morning

699

37The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective

2465

38Bluebeard's Chamber

595

39From A. to Z

3828

40Half-past Seven

236

41The Work of an Hour

2281

42Paula Relates a Story She has Heard

794

43Determination

459

44In Mr. Stuyvesant's Parlors

1304

45"The Hour of Six is Sacred!"

1071

46The Man Cummins

1140

Sword of Damocles

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Chapters (46)

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