Books by Susan Glaspell

"A Jury of Her Peers" is a short story by Susan Glaspell, adapted from her one-act play "Trifles" exploring a murder mystery. The detectives trying to solve the crime are two women, making it one of the first pieces feminist detective fiction. It targets the vainglorious and absent-minded decisions of men, and highlights female’s psychology and powerfulness of feeling. It is a crime and mystery short story that is both fast-paced entertaining, a must read.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) was an American writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and the founder of the Provincetown Players: one of the leading and most influential drama collaborations in the United States. Her central subject is life in all its manifestations, making her a connoisseur of the human condition. Her best works include the dramas "Trifles" and "Alison’s House", as well as the novels "Fidelity" and "The Morning is Near Us".

Drama / Characters: 3 male, 2 femaleScenery: interiorUnusually powerful and effective, and gives fine roles for two good actresses. The wife of a strangled farmer is arrested on suspicion. While officers and neighbors are searching the old farmhouse for evidence, two women friends discover a slain canary and a broken cage. This evidence can prove the wife guilty, but by keeping her secret, they free her. An American classic by one of the original members of the Provincetown Playhouse where

The first complete collection of the works of American playwright Susan Glaspell, this book includes all of the Pulitzer Prize winner's works

A cofounder of the Provincetown Players, Susan Glaspell can also lay claim to be a major figure in her own right. Her concern with language as subject, character as an expression of social role, plot as a mechanism that may ensnare rather than locate the self, mode her a modern.