![]() The novel was adapted for the screen twice: as a silent film in 1915, and for the television series Climax! in 1956. Rinehart employed this formula in many of her later works, and it inspired dozens of subsequent stories. 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 was inspired to write the novel after a visit to Melrose, a Gothic Revival castle in Northern Virginia. The story was serialized in All-Story for five issues starting with the November 1907 issue, then published in book form by Bobbs-Merrill in 1908. The novel was Rinehart's first bestseller and established her as one of the era's most popular writers. The story follows dowager Rachel Innes as she thwarts a series of strange crimes at a summer house she has rented with her niece and nephew. The Circular Staircase is a mystery novel by American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart. ![]()
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