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The Breaking Point
Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Mary Roberts Rinehart -- "America's Agatha Christie," as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shortly after the end of the first world war. Dick Livingstone is a young, successful doctor, who in the course of events becomes engaged to Elizabeth Wheeler. But there is a mystery about his past, and he thinks himself honor-bound to unravel it before giving himself to her in marriage. In particular, a shock of undetermined origin has wiped out his memory prior to roughly the last decade. Rinehart, who presumably had been reading, or reading about, the then popular Sigmund Freud, plays on what today is called "repressed memory," as she takes Dick into his past, and into the dangers that, unknown to him, lurk there. Is she correct about the behavior of memory? Who knows? After all, this is not a clinical treatise, but a work of fiction, one of the thrillers that made her such a popular writer of the earlier twentieth century.
Mary Roberts Rinehart -- "America's Agatha Christie," as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shortly after the end of the first world war. Dick Livingstone is a young, successful doctor, who in the course of events becomes engaged to Elizabeth Wheeler. But there is a mystery about his past, and he thinks himself honor-bound to unravel it before giving himself to her in marriage. In particular, a shock of undetermined origin has wiped out his memory prior to roughly the last decade. Rinehart, who presumably had been reading, or reading about, the then popular Sigmund Freud, plays on what today is called "repressed memory," as she takes Dick into his past, and into the dangers that, unknown to him, lurk there. Is she correct about the behavior of memory? Who knows? After all, this is not a clinical treatise, but a work of fiction, one of the thrillers that made her such a popular writer of the earlier twentieth century.
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A detailed description of Judson Clark, and a photograph of him accompanied the story. Bassett re-read the article carefully, and swore a lit. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I own a vintage copy of this book from 1922 that I use as a prop in my photography. I decided after the last photo shoot that I really should read it. While the general plot was interesting (I'm a sucker for amnesia stories) some parts were too dull and strung out for words. If you are looking for a
Slow, even for MRR.
This is one of Rinehart's lesser known books and with good reason. It moves so slowly that it requires almost super-human patience to stick with it to the finish. I DID finish it, but it's a book I'm hesitant to recommend to others.
I think you're either a Mary Roberts Rinehart fan
My last Mary Roberts Rinehart book of the year, and while it may not be what many would consider a true mystery, I couldn't be happier with ending the year on such a high note. Much like The Street of Seven Stars, The Breaking Point is more of a Gothic like romance, with a tinge more mystery than wo
3.5 stars
The one thing that struck me while reading reviews of this book earlier was how many people said it was too melodramatic. Huh. I guess I just read a lot from this time period and I'm used to it because I didn't find it melodramatic at all.
What DID irk me, however was the goodreads cover f
Wow, utterly amazing! I know fans of her other mysteries or traditional mysteries in general may baulk and think this too melodramatic but for me this type of unconventional mystery is precisely the right kind of story. Yes, there was a murder but it happened ten years ago and in fact at the start o
Like a long quiet volcano erupting.
It's been a long time since I've read a full length novel. I thought this might be too long at first, but what a plot. Much like a volcano, this story has a bubbling undercurrent. A small town doctor who is missing ten years of his life is triggered emotionally by