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The Circular Staircase is a 1908 mystery novel by American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story follows dowager Rachel Innes as she thwarts a series of strange crimes at a summer home she has rented with her niece and nephew. The novel was Read More..

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Description	The Circular Staircase is a 1908 mystery novel by American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story follows dowager Rachel Innes as she thwarts a series of strange crimes at a summer home she has rented with her niece and nephew. The novel was Rinehart's first bestseller and established her one of the era's most popular writers.The Circular Staircase pioneered what became known as the "had I but known" school of mystery writing, which often feature female protagonists and narrators who foreshadow impending danger and plot developments by reflecting on what they might have done differently. Rinehart employed this formula in many of her later works, and it inspired dozens of subsequent stories.Rzepka 2005, p. 20.Roseman 1971, p. 172.Nickerson 1998, pp. 119, 144, 219 The novel was adapted for the screen twice: as a silent film in 1915, and for the television series Climax! in 1956.Cohn 1980, p. 270. However, its best known adaptation was as the play The Bat, which became a major Broadway hit and inspired a number of later works, including several adaptations of its own.
Description	The Circular Staircase is a 1908 mystery novel by American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story follows dowager Rachel Innes as she thwarts a series of strange crimes at a summer home she has rented with her niece and nephew. The novel was Rinehart's first bestseller and established her one of the era's most popular writers.The Circular Staircase pioneered what became known as the "had I but known" school of mystery writing, which often feature female protagonists and narrators who foreshadow impending danger and plot developments by reflecting on what they might have done differently. Rinehart employed this formula in many of her later works, and it inspired dozens of subsequent stories.Rzepka 2005, p. 20.Roseman 1971, p. 172.Nickerson 1998, pp. 119, 144, 219 The novel was adapted for the screen twice: as a silent film in 1915, and for the television series Climax! in 1956.Cohn 1980, p. 270. However, its best known adaptation was as the play The Bat, which became a major Broadway hit and inspired a number of later works, including several adaptations of its own.

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Name	The Circular Staircase
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Authors	Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Genre	Novel
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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