The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie
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If you are a mystery buff, an Agatha Christie fan, an occasional Christie reader or an acquaintance of any of the above, this book is for you and all your fortunate friends The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie, on the 25th anniversary of Agatha Christie's death, continues as a grand salute to the queen of mysteries. It is filled with wonderful and surprising things about her books, her characters, the movies and plays based on them, and Dame Agatha herself. Original contributions by some sixty writers celebrate the Christie touch. Take your pick among thse intriguing features and speculations: -Surviving an English country weekend - if you had the advice of Hercule Poirot - A guide to the Christie poisions, as well as the cruder methods of genteel mayhem - The "other" Agatha Christie who wrote romantic novels - A murder victim's (!) first-person account of a Christie Mystery Weekend - The Hercule Poirot Double-Crostic and other puzzles That's a taste. There's much more - and witty plot summaries of all Christie's novels, plays, and many of her short stories. (But no endings, of course!) This treasury is more than entertainment - it is also a personal reference work for Christie fans. And there are scores of movie posters, film stills, illustrations and a Christie mystery map, too. |
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User Review - Faun_Song - LibraryThingI don't feel quite safe reading the summaries in this book; they're a little bit spoilery. It's not as important as finding out who the murderer is, but I don't LIKE learning who is murdered before the murder takes place! Read full review
Contents
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Death on the Nile 1937 Agatha Christie
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Appointment with Death 1938 romances into which she poured her intense personal feelings
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The Mousetrap and Other Stories
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HERCULE POIROT 244 Double Sin and Other Stories
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So Many Steps to Death 1954 by Michael Tennenbaum
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Unexpected Guest 1958 by Granville Burgess
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Ordeal by Innocence 1958
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The Adventure of the Christmas by Edwin A Rollins
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CONTENTS
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Beth Simon
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YOU NEED LOOK
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LIFE ON THE NILE by Cindy Loose
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Remembered Death 1945 by John Sturman
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There Is a Tide 1948 THE QUOTABLE CHRISTIE
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A GUIDE TO MURDERS by Elizabeth Leese
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AGATHA IN THE EIGHTIES 345 AGATHA CHRISTIE MADE ME Do
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JESSICA FLETCHER
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The Golden Ball and Other Crackd to the 1986 TVs Dead Mans Folly an update on Christie movies out since
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Page 55 - The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it. "No room! No room!" they cried out when they saw Alice coming. "There's plenty of room!
Page 55 - Come, we shall have some fun now!" thought Alice. "I'm glad they've begun asking riddles— I believe I can guess that," she added aloud. "Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare. "Exactly so," said Alice. "Then you should say what you mean,
Page 57 - Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more.
Page 55 - Have some wine," the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. "I don't see any wine," she remarked. "There isn't any," said the March Hare. "Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it,
Page 55 - THERE was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head. "Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse," thought Alice; "only as it's asleep, I suppose it doesn't mind.
Page 129 - Ten little nigger boys went out to dine; One choked his little self, and then there were nine.
Page 58 - No, please go on!" Alice said very humbly: "I won't interrupt you again. I dare say there may be one." "One, indeed!" said the Dormouse indignantly. However, he consented to go on. "And so these three little sisters — they were learning to draw, you know
Page 57 - Then you keep moving round, I suppose?" said Alice. "Exactly so," said the Hatter: "as the things get used up." "But what happens when you come to the beginning again?" Alice ventured to ask. "Suppose we change the subject," the March Hare interrupted, yawning. "I'm getting tired of this. I vote the young lady tells us a story.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions |
| Editors | Dick Riley, Pam McAllister, Bruce Cassiday |
| Contributor | Julian (FRW) Symons |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0826413757, 9780826413758 |
| Length | 384 pages |
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Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General |
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