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- General readers interested in early twentieth-century American popular fiction
- English literature students using it for extensive reading practice
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- Casual readers who enjoy mystery or light genre narratives
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- Read a chapter first to get a feel for the narrative pace before deciding whether to read closely.
- Note unfamiliar early English expressions and look them up in batches.
- For course reading, pair it with background materials on American literary history.
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About the author
Natalie Sumner Lincoln (1881–1935) was an early American writer of detective fiction. Public information about her is limited, and details of her life are largely unknown to today's readers. Four of her works are held in this collection: The Lost Despatch, The Red Seal, The Meredith Mystery, and I Spy. Judging by their titles and genre, all belong to the mystery and detective tradition, featuring such elements as stolen dispatches, seals and clues, and questions of identity, with plots unfolding through the process of investigation. Her writing continues the tradition of early twentieth-century British and American detective fiction, emphasizing the planting of clues and the building of suspense, with concise language and a brisk pace that appealed to popular readers of her time. Though her name is little known today, these four works remain readable examples of the detective fiction of that era.
