The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
What happened to 10 little Indians (or then there were none). I guess they changed the title for political correctness, unless I'm missing something? In any case, greatest mystery novel of all time.
Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the mysteries she created
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#12The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
What happened to 10 little Indians (or then there were none). I guess they changed the title for political correctness, unless I'm missing something? In any case, greatest mystery novel of all time.
Also the best selling, proving that the mass market sometimes gets art right. It's Agatha at her most brilliant, ruthless not only in story but in style. The English is as hard and bare as possible. IIRC it's almost all dialog and minimal dialog at that. But you don't notice because the story is such a drug.
It stands apart from her other books by having no familiar characters and being completely sealed. A perfect idea, perfectly executed. I wonder if Nabokov ever read it.
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#13unpaywalled https://www.theintelligencer.com/entertainment/article/Book-...
Thanks! We've changed to that from https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-great....
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#14Love seeing this stuff on here. Maybe this reflects poorly on my schooling but I've learned more about literature and philosophy from HN than from anywhere else.
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#15The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
What happened to 10 little Indians (or then there were none). I guess they changed the title for political correctness, unless I'm missing something? In any case, greatest mystery novel of all time.
It was released in the US as And Then There Were None because the original UK title was, shall we say, significantly more offensive to a US audience than Ten Little Indians would have been. It's not exactly a case of "political correctness." Later, it went through various renaming iterations in the UK.
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#16The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
I would add "And Then There Were None" Haven't actually read Curtain, I will now immediately go buy it!
Actually, original title by Agatha Christie was "Ten Little Niggers" [1]. I didn't read the book, but I really liked the movie [2] (there is eng subs). People in reviews say it's closest and probably best adaptation. IMO, it's excellent.
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#17For fans of film, essentially all of Agatha Christie's mysteries featuring the Belgian detective character Hercule Poirot have been adapted by ITV into a fantastic TV series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie's_Poirot
I find it fascinating that they did this series over a span of over 24 years, with the same lead actor (David Suchet, CBE) as Hercule Poirot throughout!
There is a behind the scenes interview with David Suchet reflecting upon the 24 year experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX3ITew9Mpw
"And Then There Were None", which is one of Christie's most famous works not featuring Poirot, has been adapted by the BBC recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None_(mini....
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#18The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
I'll have to see curtain to my list, then. I'll second the first two. Very fun novels. Haven't seen the new movie. Guessing it is ok, but different. At best.
>Haven't seen the new movie. Guessing it is ok, but different. At best.
I assume you mean Murder on the Orient Express? IMO, it was "OK." Perfectly serviceable and, had there not been an earlier film version, I'd have said it was perfectly fine if nothing outstanding. But I found basically nothing that I thought was better than the 70s version and a number of things that weren't as good. If I were to watch one, I'd watch the older version even today.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would add "And Then There Were None" Haven't actually read Curtain, I will now immediately go buy it!
Actually, original title by Agatha Christie was "Ten Little Niggers" [1]. I didn't read the book, but I really liked the movie [2] (there is eng subs). People in reviews say it's closest and probably best adaptation. IMO, it's excellent. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoTDsuSgPBw
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually, original title by Agatha Christie was "Ten Little Niggers" [1]. I didn't read the book, but I really liked the movie [2] (there is eng subs). People in reviews say it's closest and probably best adaptation. IMO, it's excellent. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoTDsuSgPBw
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