Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Green, Anna Katharine 1846 1935 Rohlfs, Mrs. Charles Rohlfs, Anna Katharine Green Agatha Webb Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Agatha Webb" by Anna Katharine Green is a suspenseful mystery novel written during the late 19th century. The story unfolds in the quaint seaport town of Sutherlandtown, centering around the shocking murder of Agatha Webb, a beloved figure in the community. The narrative begins with the aftermath of a dance, where events spiral into chaos with the announcement of her death, setting the stage for an exploration of secrets, motives, and the search for justice. At the start of the novel, the atmosphere is lively yet ominous as the dancers leave a party, and a figure named Frederick rushes past, muttering distressingly about a "night of horror." This foreshadows the impending tragedy when news spreads that Agatha Webb has been murdered. The chaos escalates as locals converge to comprehend the incident, leading to speculation about the circumstances surrounding her death and the involvement of her husband, Philemon Webb. The opening chapters introduce various characters, hinting at their connections and potential motives, effectively immersing the reader in a web of intrigue and suspicion that invites further exploration into the unfolding mystery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories New England -- Fiction Trials (Murder) -- Fiction Women -- Crimes against -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 564221 564116 2024-10-03T04:12:54.272853 2023-10-03T04:42:13.110591 text/html text/html 564214 564109 2024-10-03T04:12:54.574854 2023-10-03T04:42:13.318595 text/html text/html 282027 2024-10-03T04:13:04.008728 application/epub+zip 290323 2024-10-03T04:12:57.727761 application/epub+zip 276611 2024-10-03T04:12:56.465802 application/epub+zip 518697 2024-10-03T04:13:08.968716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 479529 2024-10-03T04:13:03.190868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444590 2022-09-03T06:11:29.343723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 516121 516067 2024-10-03T04:12:53.792821 2023-10-03T04:42:12.755599 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 516064 2012-02-08T13:46:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 195889 2012-02-08T13:49:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 516056 2012-02-08T13:46:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 195859 2012-02-08T13:49:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21640 2024-10-03T04:13:09.106705 application/rdf+xml 13896 2024-10-03T04:12:57.008805 image/jpeg 3732 2024-10-03T04:12:56.738803 image/jpeg 278078 2024-10-03T04:12:54.625816 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