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    A Difficult Problem: 1900
    A Difficult Problem: 1900
    A Difficult Problem: 1900
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    A Difficult Problem: 1900

    By Anna Katharine Green

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    Anna Katharine Green was one of the earliest detective fiction writers, and some of her mysteries remain the most popular to be written by an American.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateJan 8, 2016
    ISBN9781518361609
    A Difficult Problem: 1900
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    Anna Katharine Green

    Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935) was an American writer and prominent figure in the detective genre. Born in New York City, Green developed an affinity for literature at an early age. She studied at Ripley Female College in Vermont and was mentored by poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson. One of Green’s best-known works is The Leavenworth Case, which was published in 1878. It was a critical and commercial success that made her one of the leading voices in literature. Over the course of her career, Green would go on to write nearly 40 books.

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      A Difficult Problem - Anna Katharine Green

      A DIFFICULT PROBLEM: 1900

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      Anna Katharine Green

      CLUE PUBLISHING

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Anna Katharine Green

      Interior design by Pronoun

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

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      A Difficult Problem: 1900

      By

      Anna Katharine Green

      A Difficult Problem: 1900

      Published by Clue Publishing

      New York City, NY

      First published circa 1935

      Copyright © Clue Publishing, 2015

      All rights reserved

      Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      About Clue Publishing

      Everyone loves a classic whodunit, and Clue Publishing is devoted to bringing them all to readers, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes stories to lesser known mysteries written by authors like Richard Marsh and Louis Tracy.

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      A LADY to see you, sir.

      I looked up and was at once impressed by the grace and beauty of the person thus introduced to me.

      Is there anything I can do to serve you? I asked, rising.

      She cast me a child-like look full of trust and candor as she seated herself in the chair I pointed out to her.

      I believe so, I hope so, she earnestly assured me. I—I am in great trouble. I have just lost my husband—but it is not that. It is the slip of paper I found on my dresser, and which—which——

      She was trembling violently and her words were fast becoming incoherent. I calmed her and asked her to relate her story just as it had happened; and after a few minutes of silent struggle she succeeded

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