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1、TheAfterHouseRinehart,MaryRobertsPublished:1914Categorie(s):Fiction,Mystery&Detective,Romance,ThrillersSource:http://www.gutenberg.org1AboutRinehart:MaryRobertsRinehart(August12,1876-September22,1958)wasaprolificauthoroftencalledtheAmericanAgathaChristie.Sh
2、eiscon-sideredthesourceofthephrase"Thebutlerdidit",althoughshedidnotactuallyusethephraseherself,andalsoconsideredtohaveinventedthe"Had-I-But-Known"schoolofmysterywriting.ShewasborninAl-leghenyCity,Pennsylvania,whichhasbeenapartofthecityofPitts-burghsince190
3、7.Herfatherwasafrustratedinventor,andthroughoutherchildhood,thefamilyoftenhadfinancialproblems.Shewasleft-handedatatimewhenthatwasconsideredinappropriate,andshewastrainedtouseherrighthandinstead.Sheattendedpublicschoolsandgraduatedattheageofsixteen,thenenro
4、lledatthePittsburghTrainingSchoolforNursesatHomeopathicHospital,wheregraduatedin1896.Shedescribedtheexperienceas"allthetragedyoftheworldunderoneroof."AftergraduationshemarriedStanleyMarshallRinehart,aphysi-cianwhomshemetthere.Theyhadthreesonsandonedaughter:
5、StanleyJr.,Frederick,Alan,andElizabethGlory.Duringthestockmarketcrashof1903thecouplelosttheirsavings,andthisspurredRinehart'seffortsatwritingaswaytoearnincome.Shewas27thatyear,andshepro-duced45shortstories.In1907shewroteTheCircularStaircase,thenov-elthatlau
6、nchedhertonationalfame.AccordingtoherobituaryinThePittsburghPost-Gazette,thatbookalonesoldamillionandaquartercopies.HerregularcontributionstotheSaturdayEveningPostwereim-menselypopularandhelpedthemagazinemoldAmericanmiddle-classtasteandmanners.Rinehart’scom
7、mercialsuccesssometimesconflictedwithherdomesticrolesofwifeandmother.Yetsheoftenpursuedad-venture,includingajobasthefirstwomanwarcorrespondentattheBel-gianfrontduringWorldWarI.Intheearly1920sthefamilymovedtoWashington,DCwhenDr.Rinehartwasappointedtoapostint
8、heVet-eransAdministration.Hediedin1932,butshecontinuedtolivethereuntil1935,whenshemovedtoNewYorkCity.ThereshehelpedhersonsfoundthepublishinghouseFarrar&Rinehart,servingasitsdirect-or.Shealsomaintaineda
