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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 · 14,953 ratings · 2,126 reviews · 536 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Leavenworth Case 3.49 avg rating — 3,626 ratings — published 1877 — 558 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 3.68 avg rating — 1,958 ratings — published 1897 — 3 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 3.62 avg rating — 930 ratings — published 1889 — 166 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 — 637 ratings — published 1910 — 167 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 3.51 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 1880 — 1018 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 3.21 avg rating — 490 ratings — 123 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 — 319 ratings — published 1915 — 203 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 3.68 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 1898 — 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
	The House in the Mist 3.66 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 1905 — 109 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 3.58 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1905 — 94 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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April 2024 Old School Classics Poll

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, 1859, 489 pp

57 votes, 27.4%

King Lear by William Shakespeare King Lear by William Shakespeare, 1605, 142 pp

45 votes, 21.6%

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, 1855, 521 pp

35 votes, 16.8%

I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki, 1905, 470 pp

27 votes, 13.0%

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, 1913, 450 pp

22 votes, 10.6%

The Princess of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette, 1678, 192 pp

14 votes, 6.7%

That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green, 1897, 350 pp

8 votes, 3.8%

208 total votes

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