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Oct 11, 2006 · Carolyn Keene was a master at keeping a young girl's attention - there was just the right amount of mystery, very mild romance and innocent fun as Nancy and her pals sleuthed around solving not-so gruesome mysteries and murders.
- The Mystery at Lilac Inn – #4. The Mystery at Lilac Inn begins with Nancy and a friend toppling into the river while canoeing to the Lilac Inn, set to open in a few months.
- The Mystery of the Ivory Charm – #13. Keeping in mind these books were written in the 1930s, one must suspend their modern-day perspective of cultural sensitivity when reading this series.
- The Clue in the Jewel Box – #20. Lastly, The Clue in the Jewel Box continued to highlight Drew’s uncanny ability to correctly judge a person’s character after just having met them, while also focusing on her never-ending search for puzzles and problems to solve.
- 1930 Original Text
- 1959 Revised Text
- The Verdict
This was my first time reading the original text, authored by Mildred Wirt Benson, and I deeply enjoyed it. I was first struck by the slow, deliberate pace of the story—there’s a long build-up to Nancy traveling out the mansion to help out the elderly Turnbull sisters, and there’s an equally long build-up to her discovery of the titular hidden stai...
Honestly, I liked the revised text nearly as much as the original text—up to a point. Towards the end, Nancy was able to get several bad guys to spill their guts just by looking at them with disappointment, which I hated. And at the point in the original text where Nancy breaks into the villain’s house, in the revised text, she acts scandalized at ...
I liked both versions of the story, actually. The original text is better written and arguably more exciting, but the revised text version is (a) nostalgic for me, and (b) has a complicated story that makes more sense for modern readers. I vote original text, personally, but I’m not mad at the 1959 version. [Disclaimer: cover art scans are from thi...
- The Secret of the Old Clock. 3.98 · 77738 Ratings · 4595 Reviews · published 1930 · 124 editions. Nancy, unaided, seeks to find a missing will.
- The Hidden Staircase. 3.96 · 41094 Ratings · 2185 Reviews · published 1930 · 131 editions. After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corni…
- The Bungalow Mystery. 3.94 · 24297 Ratings · 1134 Reviews · published 1930 · 1 edition. While trying to help a friend out of a difficulty,…
- The Mystery at Lilac Inn. 3.98 · 22693 Ratings · 1082 Reviews · published 1930 · 2 editions. Teenage detective Nancy Drew finds herself in dang…
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Aug 29, 2023 · 📚“Nancy Drew, ‘Girl Detective,’ Uncovers Cache of Gilded Age Stolen Jewelry at Lilac Inn, Solving One of Horseshoe Bay’s Longest-Running Cold Cases” → Book No. 4, “The Mystery at ...
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Jul 16, 2020 · SPOILER WARNING! Rating: ★★★★ (4/5) More reviews can be found on Goodreads: The Clue in the Diary (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #7) by Carolyn Keene. Nancy and her best friends see the burning of a country mansion. She finds an anonymous diary when seeking shelter from the flying debris.
