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The Dead Letter
Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
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"The Dead Letter: An American Romance" written by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor under the pseudonym, Seeley Regester, is credited by historians of popular literature to be the first full-length American crime fiction novel. The writing is melodramatic in places and includes opinions typical of the time period, but is an enjoyable, early example of the genre. The novel begins with Richard Redfield, a clerk in the "Dead Letter Office," opening an unclaimed letter. Upon reading the contents, he is convinced that the message relates to the events of a night two years prior when another young man was brutally murdered.
"The Dead Letter: An American Romance" written by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor under the pseudonym, Seeley Regester, is credited by historians of popular literature to be the first full-length American crime fiction novel. The writing is melodramatic in places and includes opinions typical of the time period, but is an enjoyable, early example of the genre. The novel begins with Richard Redfield, a clerk in the "Dead Letter Office," opening an unclaimed letter. Upon reading the contents, he is convinced that the message relates to the events of a night two years prior when another young man was brutally murdered.
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“You forget that there was no attempt to rob Henry.”
“True—true. Yet the murderer may have been frightened away before he had secured his prize.”
“In which case, he would have returned, as the body remained undiscovered all night.”
“It may be so. I am dizzy with thinking it over and over.”
“Try and not think any more, dear sir,” I said, gently. “You are feverish and ill now. I am going, this afternoon, with the friends to the city, and I will put the police on the watch for the money. We will get the number of the large bill, if possible, from the bank. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Supposed to be the first (or one of the first) American detective novel, this 1864 book is similar in many ways to the brand of Victorian mystery done so well by Anna Katharine Green et al: lashings of drama and sentiment, beautiful tragic women, hunts for missing people, and Deep Dark Secrets—only