The Technique of the Mystery Story

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Technique of the Mystery Story by Carolyn Wells. Read in English by Lynn Lee; TomDavisBeal; Sonia; Timothy Ferguson; Larry Wilson; Christine Lehman; Douglas Taylor; pattymarie; sawasawaya; acousticwave; Joseph Tabler; realisticspeakers; Scotty Smith; HenryElliott; MacKenzie Nikol Greenwood For one, I have never been one of those who apologize for my frank and never-ending delight in mystery stories. Their mazes have led me unwearied through miles of printed pages, and if only the problem has been worth while, and its pursuit has led along surprising ways, past shuddery thickets and over fearsome bridges, my soul has returned to sober affairs refreshed and content. In a word, here is a remarkable volume which shows us how the wheels go round, not by dogmatic statement, but by an amazing breadth and variety of citation and quotation, showing not only what great mystery writers have thought of their art, but illustrating by apposite examples how they secured their effects. - Summary by J. Berg Esenwein, editor of The Writer’s Library published by The Home Correspondence School, from Introduction For further information, including links to online text, reader…

Directors & creators

Carolyn Wells

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Crime; mysteries; how to write

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