Project Gutenberg 2012-05-28 Public domain in the USA. 128 Pangborn, Edgar 1909 1976 The Trial of Callista Blake Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Paula J. Franzini and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Trial of Callista Blake" by Edgar Pangborn is a novel written in the early 1960s. The book delves into the complexities of a high-stakes murder trial where the defendant, Callista Blake, faces serious charges surrounding the death of Ann Doherty, painting a vivid picture of personal and societal conflicts. Through the lens of the courtroom drama, it introduces Judge Terence Mann, who grapples with his responsibilities while confronting the intricacies of human morality and law. The opening of the novel sets the stage in a courtroom on the brink of a sensational trial, as Judge Mann prepares to preside over "The People vs. Blake." The narrative introduces a variety of characters including the key players: the determined Judge, the defense attorney Cecil Warner, and the accused, Callista Blake, a troubled young woman marked by physical deformities and the weight of public scrutiny. The courtroom buzzes with anticipation fueled by media sensationalism surrounding the case, which involves allegations of poison and drowning, and touches upon themes of jealousy and human emotion. Callista’s complex character is hinted at through her deformed appearance and her tumultuous past, as the judge reflects on the societal implications of the trial and the questions of justice that it raises. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39826/39826-h/images/cover.jpg en Trials (Murder) -- Fiction United States -- Fiction Mystery fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 646158 646166 2024-09-16T16:31:10.809918 2023-09-17T10:47:28.869474 text/html text/html 657068 2012-05-27T19:33:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 287976 2012-05-27T19:33:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 318312 2024-09-16T16:31:19.663901 application/epub+zip 325561 2024-09-16T16:31:12.041926 application/epub+zip 324624 2024-09-16T16:31:11.421042 application/epub+zip 509367 2024-09-16T16:31:25.364861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462418 2024-09-16T16:31:18.823922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460640 2022-09-18T08:53:22.862662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 603613 603508 2024-09-16T16:31:09.266991 2023-09-17T10:47:27.428506 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 603371 2012-05-27T19:33:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 237580 2012-05-27T19:33:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 603364 2012-05-27T19:33:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237557 2012-05-27T19:33:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21005 2024-09-16T16:31:25.522874 application/rdf+xml 9318 2024-09-16T16:31:11.529903 image/jpeg 2151 2024-09-16T16:31:11.476891 image/jpeg 294637 2024-09-16T16:31:10.868966 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia