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"As the door was thrust open, I heard, as in a dream, the voice of
Neal Larrard-calm and cool as ever-dictating to me; mechanically,
my fingers touched the keys, and I began to type. While I did so, I
felt that fearful dead thing pressing against my knees, and felt
also the muzzle of the revolver hard against my side." First
published in 1903, The Girl Behind the Keys is a delightful example
of early detective fiction in which Bella Thorn, a savvy young
typist, foils the nefarious plans of her employer, a confidence man
who exploits the hopes and fears infusing the popular imagination.
As Arlene Young's critical introduction demonstrates, the story
unites many of the cultural and literary motifs marking the dawn of
the twentieth century, when the Victorian era was giving way to
modernity.
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