[Next Project] The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katherine Green

[Cecil New]

For my next project, I’d like to work on the 3rd Detective Gryce book by author Anna Katherine Green. 

• Link to SE page: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anna-katharine-green/the-sword-of-damocles 

• Link to page scan: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/12/mode/2up 

• Link to PG source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33301 

• Possible artwork:

• This one has a nice cover: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00gree_0/mode/2up 

• Another cover: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocles02thar 

My github repo: https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-green_the-sword-of-damocles (exists)

With a quick scan I did not notice any illustrations, but I do see some play-like text, for example: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/356/mode/2up?q=banter 

[Alex Cabal]

OK, sure. Emma will manage with Robin reviewing.

On 4/15/26 9:26 PM, Cecil New wrote:
> For my next project, I’d like to work on the 3rd Detective Gryce book by
> author Anna Katherine Green.
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> Link to SE page: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anna-katharine-

> green/the-sword-of-damocles <https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anna-
> katharine-green/the-sword-of-damocles>
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> Link to page scan: https://archive.org/details/

> swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/12/mode/2up <https://archive.org/
> details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/12/mode/2up>
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> Link to PG source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33301 <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33301>
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> Possible artwork:
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> This one has a nice cover: https://archive.org/details/

> swordofdamocless00gree_0/mode/2up <https://archive.org/details/
> swordofdamocless00gree_0/mode/2up>
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> Another cover: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocles02thar
> <https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocles02thar>
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> My github repo: https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-green_the-
> sword-of-damocles <https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-
> green_the-sword-of-damocles>(exists)
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> With a quick scan I did not notice any illustrations, but I do see some
> play-like text, for example: https://archive.org/details/

> swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/356/mode/2up?q=banter <https://
> archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/356/mode/2up?q=banter>
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[Emma Sweeney]

Unfortunately, those covers are not in the “fine art oil painting” style.

You can use drama formatting for that section.

Emma

[Cecil New]

I would have thought the one cover was "fine art oil painting" style. But I'm hardly art savvy. For my own benefit, what disqualifies it?

Thanks as always!

[Emma Sweeney]

The fine cross-hatching lines are typical of engraving/etching. 

Emma

[Cecil New]

Before I work on splitting the source, I want to be sure I am using the appropriate structure. Here are some data points based on the scan:

• Book 1: 137 pages, 13 chapters

• Book 2: 113 pages, 9 chapters

• Book 3: 89 pages, 7 chapters

• Book 4: 146 pages, 11 chapters

• Book 5: 65 pages, 6 chapters

There are 46 chapters in total with an average of less than 12 pages per chapter.

The short chapters remind me of a previous work I produced here, where the chapters were contained within the "parts".

But more likely, I should the pattern found here, where each book and each chapter are in separate files:
https://github.com/standardebooks/henry-james_the-ambassadors/tree/master/src/epub/text 

(Also, just a simplification of the example at SEMoS 7.1.5.1)

Which structure pattern should I follow? Is there any other info I can provide that would help determine the answer?

Thanks!

[David]

Emma may well have other/better suggestions, but ## 1 and 8 in the Mr Gryce series use this same pattern. I would think they make useful exemplars.

FWIW!

[Emma Sweeney]

Each book and each chapter should be in separate files. Unlike Dark Princess, this work doesn't renumber chapters for each book.

Emma

[Cecil New]

@David... why didn't I think of that! Altho it's been several months, I've actually read all four of the available books.