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Anna Katharine Green

Born

in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, The United States

November 11, 1846

Died

April 11, 1935

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Born in Brooklyn, New York, her early ambition was to write romantic verse, and she corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best known novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878). She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing about 40 books. She was in some ways a progressive woman for her time-succeeding in a genre dominated by male writers-but she did not approve of many of her feminist contemporaries, and she was opposed to women's suffrage. Her other works inclu ...more

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Average rating: 3.53 · 15,398 ratings · 2,180 reviews · 573 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Leavenworth Case 3.49 avg rating — 3,738 ratings — published 1877 — 591 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Affair Next Door 3.70 avg rating — 2,072 ratings — published 1897 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forsaken Inn 3.63 avg rating — 946 ratings — published 1889 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of the Whispering Pines 3.53 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1910 — 170 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Strange Disappearance 3.50 avg rating — 535 ratings — published 1880 — 1026 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X Y Z A Detective Story 3.20 avg rating — 507 ratings — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange 3.59 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1915 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Man's Lane: A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth 3.69 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 1898 — 119 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House in the Mist 3.66 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 1905 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amethyst Box 3.59 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1905 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Anna Katharine Green (?)

“Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them.”
― Anna Katharine Green, That Affair Next Door

tags: adventures, humor

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“It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own.”
― Anna Katharine Green, That Affair Next Door

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“Perfect beauty is so rare, its effect so magical!”
― Anna Katharine Green, The House of the Whispering Pines

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October 2023 Old School Classics Poll

The Aeneid by Virgil, 20, 297pp

57 votes, 35.8%

Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac, 1833, 240pp

25 votes, 15.7%

The Phoenician Women by Euripides, 411, 112 pp

22 votes, 13.8%

The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green, 1878, 439pp

20 votes, 12.6%

Everyman by Unknown, 1485, 52pp

12 votes, 7.5%

The Witlingsby Frances Burney, 1779, 165pp

12 votes, 7.5%

The Crime of Father Amaro by Eça de Queirós, 1875, 471pp

11 votes, 6.9%

159 total votes

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