tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post5844064781076294682..comments2023-10-10T10:00:06.367+01:00Comments on DJ´s krimiblog: Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None (1939)Dorte Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-83191326555374171682009-11-29T12:24:33.784+00:002009-11-29T12:24:33.784+00:00Martin: thank you for telling me. Well, she may or...Martin: thank you for telling me. Well, she may or may not have heard about it. And after all, Shapeskeare imitated quite a lot - he just added his own, very special touch to old stories.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-47122623586125740562009-11-28T23:20:55.930+00:002009-11-28T23:20:55.930+00:00Dorte, you may like to know that an earlier, Ameri...Dorte, you may like to know that an earlier, American, book called The Invisible Host had a similar premise. But we don't know whether Christie had ever come across it.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-86744936151353019632009-11-28T12:22:56.543+00:002009-11-28T12:22:56.543+00:00Martin: I am glad you support me. It is one of tho...Martin: I am glad you support me. It is one of those plots I wish I had come up with myself. <br /><br />Elizabeth: I don´t think I have ever seen the film so it is probably true that one should just read the book (or at least read it first). <br /><br />Kerrie: I will.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-70952233455047926342009-11-28T02:31:04.054+00:002009-11-28T02:31:04.054+00:00Don't forget to submit this to the Agatha Chri...Don't forget to submit this to the <a href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_6057.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Agatha Christie Blog Carnival</a> please DorteKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-25751686795527701382009-11-27T22:57:03.852+00:002009-11-27T22:57:03.852+00:00Christie wrote many fine books, but for me this is...Christie wrote many fine books, but for me this is the best of them all. In fact, I think it's the best of all Golden Age mysteries.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-66396000735427343402009-11-27T22:42:31.147+00:002009-11-27T22:42:31.147+00:00Dorte--Film was okay...until the end! The book wa...Dorte--Film was okay...until the end! The book was *brilliant*. I was completely shocked when I first read it as a teenager.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-7582340821660090802009-11-27T20:10:03.640+00:002009-11-27T20:10:03.640+00:00R.T.: I could try to argue one should never watch ...R.T.: I could try to argue one should never watch the film first. But we will probably just have to live with disagreeing on this one. ;) <br /><br />Maxine: thank you. It certainly also fooled me, and somehow these plots where the murderer picks a group of victims one by one have always appealed to me. I can imagine the growing paranoia among the survivors.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-47715209858081163752009-11-27T19:14:33.522+00:002009-11-27T19:14:33.522+00:00Nice post, Dorte! It is fun being reminded of all ...Nice post, Dorte! It is fun being reminded of all these Agatha Christies. The plot fooled me at the time, but then I suppose I was probably quite young- certainly I had not read much crime fiction at the time and probably had not seen any of the many films based on this novel.<br /><br />Although Agatha Christie had a prodigious output, this book is one that sticks in the mind, like Murder on the Orient Express. It's one of those books that "everyone has heard of and knows the basic premise" (even if they can't remember who did it!).Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-91258213667473961752009-11-27T18:28:58.139+00:002009-11-27T18:28:58.139+00:00Dorte: I remember seeing an American film version ...Dorte: I remember seeing an American film version of the novel (all the way back in the 60s?), and--when I finally got around to reading the book last year--the film (and the book's "politically correct" publishing history) somewhat "ruined" the book for me. Knowing the solution from the beginning (because of my film viewing experience) interfered with my reading experience, and--for a host of other reasons--I cannot agree with you about the strength of the plot (which I would argue seems all perfectly obvious, but that argument may be also be influenced by the film experience).R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-57948300559586762002009-11-27T16:58:19.825+00:002009-11-27T16:58:19.825+00:00Margot: she really should be proud of this one. Pl...Margot: she really should be proud of this one. Plotwise it is brilliant.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-25560953552861444822009-11-27T15:23:21.558+00:002009-11-27T15:23:21.558+00:00Dorte - Wonderful review! This one remains one of ...Dorte - Wonderful review! This one remains one of my favorite Agatha Christies! Thanks for reminding me of it : ). It was, so I've read, one of her favorites of her works, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com