That Affair Next Door Anna Katharine Green 9781141941162 Books
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That Affair Next Door Anna Katharine Green 9781141941162 Books
Originally published in the late 1800's, the plot, characters and narrative of this book are uniques and still fresh. A creative mind was working hard when she put together the details of this mystery. It twists and turns all over the place and she switches the "voice" a couple of times, but it's all entertaining and holds the readers' interest. Will read more books by this author.Product details
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That Affair Next Door Anna Katharine Green 9781141941162 Books Reviews
As other reviews have pointed out, a remarkably nosy older woman, notices late night visitors to the empty mansion, next door to her own respectable home, in a posh neighborhood of NYC. It turns out there has been a murder. She determines that she has an obligation to aid the police in solving the crime. This is her story as told by her
As to the robot reading, it comes through quite well on this book, aside from the usual problems of words with multiple meanings, and, the inexplicable failure to correct pronunciation of titles, but rather spell them out ("M R S", "M, R","D, R" etc.)
Green does a good job of delineating the self-justifying egregious invasion of privacy and other civil rights by the heroine, while at the same time, through adept handling of the first person narrative, adding a humorous subtext of derision for these characteristics. To what extent, in our current society, we should continue to forgive in fiction what we so vigorously disdain in practice, or should disdain, is a matter for individual judgment. I am just about on the borderline of being unable to enjoy any book in which egotistical self-inflation is elevated to acceptable conduct the end justifying the means.
Since most readers are accustomed, through the brainwashing produced by contemporary fiction in book, film and television, to accept disrespect for the rights of others, I imagine my ruminations on the subject will be irrelevant to the enjoyment the average "cozy" reader can expect from Green's novel. Her heroine has substance, the plot interest, the puzzle adequate.
The scenes are all locations in Manhattan, none involve the complex organizational structures, which keep the Great City humming, but rather people in the homes and shops that mark the urban setting. The heroine also has her Inspector Piper, an old hand in the NYC police force, who somehow manages to accept her clear acts of Obstruction of Justice and general failure to cooperate with the organizational needs of law enforcement agencies.
Over-all, I would estimate that the average "cozy" reader will appreciate the virtues of the book and dismiss the unimportant vintage elements which speak of a somewhat older New York. A greater degree of pleasure will be enjoyed if one keeps in mind the role-playing expected of women a century ago.
This novel was copyrighted in 1897 and is very much a period piece. Miss Amelia Butterworth lives in a wealthy area of New York City and as is her habit,enjoys viewing happenings on her street from her bay window. What she views late one night starts the sleuthing Miss Butterworth on her adventure. The author Anna Katherine Green promotes female adventure and clearly has Amelia using her wiles to one-up the detective assigned to this case. There are various asides and thoughts that Miss Amelia has that are hilarious when she acknowledges her own superior brain power and abilities knowing the males around her vastly underestimate her skills. Miss Amelia is cognizant of how she is viewed by her neighbors- a nosy old maid but this bothers her not one bit. A good look into the female extreme-adventure novel of the day.The characters are well-drawn,particularly the elderly lead detective.
I like turn-of-the-century fiction and mysteries and I have been amassing a collection for over 25 years, originally in actual books, and now on my . I had looked at one of Anna Katharine Green's e-books some time ago, and didn't get it. I don't recall which one it was now-it may have been any of them. I had never heard of her. I finally decided to download "That Affair Next Door" just the other day when I was reading reviews of it and I am so glad that I did. It's a page-turner.
Miss Butterworth was the model for Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, and I can see why. Neither one misses much. Green is a master of the plot twist, just as Christie was. She keeps you guessing about "whodunnit" until near the end of the book.
I also liked her Detective Gryce. I did think at first that his age was a bit improbable, but I have at least one cousin, who is over 70 and still working, and we all know of other people in their 70's, or even older, who are still working, so it isn't that much of a stretch after all to believe that a Detective could be 77 and still on the force. There was no retirement pension or Social Security in 1895 after all and his job just requires brains, and not much brawn. Now that I am a senior citizen myself, it's nice to have 50-ish sleuths, (Miss Butterworth), and even older police, as in Detective Gryce, and they are both still pretty sharp. Poirot is no spring chicken, either!
I liked "That Affair Next Door" well enough to get most of the other books in the Detective Gryce series,(two of them are not in versions), at least one of which is another Amelia Butterworth. I also got at least one with Violet Strange, another female sleuth, and a few other titles. has a vast collection of Anna Katharine Green for the full-length books, collections, and short-stories, and many of them are free, or are inexpensive.
I am sorely tempted to start another one right now, but I already interrupted Allen Guelzo's "Gettysburg" over the holiday weekend-that is excellent, by the way-and I'd like to finish it first. I read reviews, and noted which of her books people thought were her best, and which ones they thought were not, and chose accordingly, for starters. I'm going to take my time and enjoy the selections I just downloaded, and if I enjoy them as much, I'll add even more of them.
I enjoy reading about varied cultural time periods. The scene in New York with the morays of earlier times awakened my imagination. The character of Mrs Butterworth is so like what my grandmother would describe about her grandmother that I felt it could have been real. A delightful mystery with an greatest. ending.
Originally published in the late 1800's, the plot, characters and narrative of this book are uniques and still fresh. A creative mind was working hard when she put together the details of this mystery. It twists and turns all over the place and she switches the "voice" a couple of times, but it's all entertaining and holds the readers' interest. Will read more books by this author.
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