The Sword of Damocles


Gelesen von Mary Bard

(4.6 stars; 133 reviews)

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)
(16 hr 39 min)

Kapitel

A Wanderer 4:27 Gelesen von Mary Bard
A Discussion 13:13 Gelesen von Mary Bard
A Mysterious Summons 22:44 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Searchings 24:22 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Rubicon 27:10 Gelesen von Mary Bard
A Hand Clasp 4:38 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Mrs. Sylvester 16:42 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Shadows of the Past 16:46 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Paula 29:26 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Barred Door 16:30 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Miss Stuyvesant 23:20 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Miss Belinda Makes Conditions 24:21 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The End of My Lady's Picture 28:35 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Miss Belinda has a Question to Decide 34:46 Gelesen von Mary Bard
An Adventure - or Something More 19:46 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Sword of Damocles 28:52 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Grave and Gay 26:41 Gelesen von Mary Bard
In the Night Watches 8:00 Gelesen von Mary Bard
A Day at the Bank 15:00 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Dregs in the Cup 20:13 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Departure 21:23 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Hopgood 23:54 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Poem 23:18 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Japha Mansion 24:29 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Jacqueline 25:53 Gelesen von Mary Bard
A Man's Justice and a Woman's Mercy 31:31 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Lone Watcher 14:18 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Sunshine on the Hills 28:52 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Mist in the Valley 4:39 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift 19:45 Gelesen von Mary Bard
A Question 12:58 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Full Tide 31:03 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Two Letters 23:55 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Paula Makes her Choice 24:23 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Falling of the Sword 35:54 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Morning 11:39 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective 41:05 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Bluebeard's Chamber 9:55 Gelesen von Mary Bard
From A. to Z 1:03:48 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Half-past Seven 3:56 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Work of an Hour 38:01 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Paula Relates a Story She has Heard 13:14 Gelesen von Mary Bard
Determination 7:39 Gelesen von Mary Bard
In Mr. Stuyvesant's Parlors 21:44 Gelesen von Mary Bard
"The Hour of Six is Sacred!" 17:51 Gelesen von Mary Bard
The Man Cummins 19:00 Gelesen von Mary Bard

Bewertungen

More like a drama


(3 stars)

AKG's true mystery books are excellent. However, this is the 2nd book that's been more like a drama to me. Yes, I wondered things like how the various story lines would come together & who were the people around the woods. The only real mysterious part to me was towards the end. The only real twists were also towards the end. So, my mystery pretty much only involved the bonds. There was just a little more suspense than mystery involving the people around the woods, the older woman, the fire, & the bonds. I truly wasn't super interested in much more. Maybe I'd feel differently if I hadn't already heard so many great stories by AKG already. This is the 1st of her books that dragged in parts for me as well. Lastly, Paula loving the person she did was creepy to me. You'll understand after listening to this. I don't want to write more as I don't want to spoil anything. The reader was excellent.

great reading, enjoyable story


(5 stars)

I really like this authors mysteries, even so this big story was a nice change. Full of interesting characters and romance with a few little mysteries thrown in. Very well read!

wonderful


(5 stars)

Mary reads this amazing story in such a satisfying way. I feel I owe her a big debt of gratitude for her generosity in bringing it to us.

Awesome! Loved it!


(5 stars)

Great story and beautiful writing. A time of long ago...do not miss this one!

Quite enjoyable


(5 stars)

It takes a while to get going, but is an excellent story by the end.

Wonderful!


(5 stars)

This is my first Anna Katherine Green story. It is mostly a story of Mr. Sylvester, although it's told not from his point of view, but from the characters around him. Trapped in a loveless marriage, with a mystery of the past hanging over his head, wealthy Mr. Sylvester invites his wife's young, country cousin to visit them in the big city. He remembers when she was a 10-year-old girl, and her freshness and innocence almost drew him to better things... I disagree with the previous reviewer, that the women were treated as property - aside from the avaricious father-in-law, who wouldn't approve of a marriage of his daughter with a man who didn't have wealth, or at least the prospect of wealth. But even then, the daughter was as avaricious as himself. Very well read - I'll look for more recordings by this narrator.

Too dull


(3 stars)

I enjoy this author, and the reader is superb, but twice now I've tried to listen and couldn't get through the first full chapter. There's so much repetition, stilted language, and forced drama over things that simply don't excite (a young man is in love and wants to trade stocks to make quick cash so he can marry his sweetheart, while his advisor admonishes him against it). Clearly a foreshadowing of risky money deals ahead with a happy marriage at the end of it -- with long conversations, exaggerated emotions, stereotyped characters, and lots of trivial details to wade through to get to the happy ending. Meh.


(5 stars)

My newest favorite novel by Anna Katharine Green. Have shed tears several times during this one. I wish manners of these characters persisted today for I feel the world would be a better place, at least less crime. I for sure know if we don’t listen and follow God’s commandments then we have to look for the sword to fall on our heads if not sooner then later. Narrator Mary Bard is simply wonderful. I could listen to her from now on.