The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2), credited to Anna Katharine Green, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2) by Anna Katharine Green. Read in English by Jenn Broda Rita Van Arsdale falls in love and is proposed to by the gentleman Mr. Durand during a fancy high society party. She has landed the man of her dreams, but her wedding planning with Mr. Durand is interrupted by the beautiful Mrs. Fairbrother who is wearing a stunning diamond that attracts the attention of everyone at the party. During the course of the evening, a crime is committed and Rita’s fiance becomes the prime suspect. Rita must work to clear her fiance’s name through a series of twists and turns to discover what really occurred that night. Anna Katherine Green was one of the first American novelists to write detective fiction. Her stories are known for being well plotted and legally accurate. - Summary by Jenn Broda

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2)
• Author credits: Anna Katharine Green
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 7:20:43

Catalogue topics

• Mystery
• Crime
• dectective

Track guide

1. 01 - The Woman with the Diamond — 25:48
2. 02 - The Gloves — 26:26
3. 03 - Anson Durand — 31:16
4. 04 - Explanations — 19:20
5. 05 - Superstition — 23:12
6. 06 - Suspense — 14:26
7. 07 - Night and a Voice — 33:51
8. 08 - Arrest — 6:06
9. 09 - The Mouse Nibbles at the Net — 12:51
10. 10 - I Astonish the Inspector — 12:21
11. 11 - The Inspector Astonishes Me — 12:24
12. 12 - Almost — 18:57
13. 13 - The Missing Recommendation — 20:55
14. 14 - Trapped — 22:24
15. 15 - Sears or Wellgood — 19:36
16. 16 - Doubt — 11:54
17. 17 - Sweetwater in a New Role — 15:07
18. 18 - The Closed Door — 10:38
19. 19 - The Face — 6:10
20. 20 - Moonlight - And a Clue — 11:37
21. 21 - Grizel! Grizel! — 15:57
22. 22 - Guilt — 9:51
23. 23 - The Great Mogul Part 1 — 30:27
24. 24 - The Great Mogul Part 2 — 29:08

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