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The Sword of Damocles

Anna Katharine Green

BOOK TYPE
Novel
READING TIME
About 11.7 hours
WORDS
139,731
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About this book

A successful New York businessman, burdened with a dark secret in his past, is threatened with exposure and ruin.

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. The Sword of Damocles
    1. Book I: Two Men
      1. I: A Wanderer
      2. II: A Discussion
      3. III: A Mysterious Summons
      4. IV: Searchings
      5. V: The Rubicon
      6. VI: A Hand Clasp
      7. VII: Mrs. Sylvester
      8. VIII: Shadows of the Past
      9. IX: Paula
      10. X: The Barred Door
      11. XI: Miss Stuyvesant
      12. XII: Miss Belinda Makes Conditions
      13. XIII: The End of My Lady’s Picture
    2. Book II: Life and Death
      1. XIV: Miss Belinda Has a Question to Decide
      2. XV: An Adventure—Or Something More
      3. XVI: The Sword of Damocles
      4. XVII: Grave and Gay
      5. XVIII: In the Night Watches
      6. XIV: A Day at the Bank
      7. XX: The Dregs in the Cup
      8. XXI: Departure
      9. XXII: Hopgood
    3. Book III: The Japha Mystery
      1. XXIII: The Poem
      2. XXIV: The Japha Mansion
      3. XXV: Jacqueline
      4. XXVI: A Man’s Justice and a Woman’s Mercy
      5. XXVII: The Lone Watcher
      6. XXVIII: Sunshine on the Hills
      7. XXIX: Mist in the Valley
    4. Book IV: From A. To Z.
      1. XXX: Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift
      2. XXXI: A Question
      3. XXXII: Full Tide
      4. XXXIII: Two Letters
      5. XXXIV: Paula Makes Her Choice
      6. XXXV: Miss Belinda Makes Conditions
      7. XXXVI: Morning
      8. XXXVII: The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective
      9. XXXVIII: Blue-Beard’s Chamber
      10. XXXIX: From A. To Z.
      11. XL: Half-Past Seven
    5. Book V: Woman’s Love
      1. XLI: The Work of an Hour
      2. XLII: Paula Relates a Story She Has Heard
      3. XLIII: Determination
      4. XLIV: In Mr. Stuyvesant’s Parlors
      5. XLV: “The Hour of Six Is Sacred”
      6. XLVI: The Man Cummins
  6. Endnotes
  7. Colophon
  8. Uncopyright

Edition & source

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SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2026-05-21
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • Anna Katharine Green (ann, aut, dto)
  • Frederic M. Bell-Smith (art)
  • Suzanne Shell (trc)
  • Mary Meehan (trc)
  • Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
  • Cecil New (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • Robin Whittleton (pfr)
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