One of detective fiction master Anna Katharine Green's earlier novels, The Sword of Damocles combines a budding romance set against the backdrop of New York City's hustle and bustle with a beguiling mystery. Green's best-known creation, master detective Ebenezer Gryce, makes a cameo appearance on the scene.
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- English
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- THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
- Contents
- BOOK I - TWO MEN
- I - A Wanderer
- II - A Discussion
- III - A Mysterious Summons
- IV - Searchings
- V - The Rubicon
- VI - A Hand Clasp
- VII - Mrs. Sylvester
- VIII - Shadows of the Past
- IX - Paula
- X - The Barred Door
- XI - Miss Stuyvesant
- XII - Miss Belinda Makes Conditions
- XIII - The End of My Lady's Picture
- BOOK II - LIFE AND DEATH
- XIV - Miss Belinda Has a Question to Decide
- XV - An Adventure—Or Something More
- XVI - The Sword of Damocles
- XVII - Grave and Gay
- XVIII - In the Night Watches
- XIX - A Day at the Bank
- XX - The Dregs in the Cup
- XXI - Departure
- XXII - Hopgood
- BOOK III - THE JAPHA MYSTERY
- XXIII - The Poem
- XXIV - The Japha Mansion
- XXV - Jacqueline
- XXVI - A Man's Justice and a Woman's Mercy
- XXVII - The Lone Watcher
- XXVIII - Sunshine on the Hills
- XXIX - Mist in the Valley
- BOOK IV - FROM A. TO Z.
- XXX - Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift
- XXXI - A Question
- XXXII - Full Tide
- XXXIII - Two Letters
- XXXIV - Paula Makes Her Choice
- XXXV - The Falling of the Sword
- XXXVI - Morning
- XXXVII - The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective
- XXXVIII - Blue-Beard's Chamber
- XXXIX - From A. To Z.
- XL - Half-Past Seven
- BOOK V - WOMAN'S LOVE
- XLI - The Work of an Hour
- XLII - Paula Relates a Story She Has Heard
- XLIII - Determination
- XLIV - In Mr. Stuyvesant's Parlors
- XLV - "The Hour of Six is Sacred"
- XLVI - The Man Cummins
- Endnotes
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