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Loading... The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)by Agatha Christie
![]() No current Talk conversations about this book. 3,5 This is actually a collection of short stories, which are: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding The Mystery of the Spanish Chest The Under Dog Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds The Dream Greenshaw’s Folly Poirot takes center stage in all but the last story, which features Miss Marple. I have seen the BBC dramatizations, starring David Suchet as Poirot, of most of these stories, so the plots were vaguely familiar. Still, I didn’t always remember the culprit and was happy to read how Poirot and his little grey cells put together the clues to solve the case. I also enjoyed the subtle differences in plotting from the televised episodes to the original stories as written by Christie. I’m less a fan of Miss Marple, and in this case she’s really in the background until she comes in and tells everyone how the murder REALLY happened and who the culprit is. Of course she (and Poirot in his cases) is right. Agatha Christie is one of my go-to authors when I want a break from everyday life and heavier, more literary reads. I just plain enjoy them. I’m also a fan of short stories, and this fit the bill nicely for winter evenings … one story per night. I thought I had read every Agatha Christie book, story or play that she ever wrote, but I somehow missed this little gem. It's a Christmas story with the great Hercule Poirot, and it is an English country manor mystery like so many of Agatha Christie's stories are. Poirot is asked to attend a Christmas celebration at an English county manor in order to apprehend a jewel thief. Poirot is tempted to attend this family Christmas partly because he can never ignore a possible mystery, and partly because of the promise of central heating. At the manor he finds a large array of different people, and indeed all is not as it seems. Poirot waits and listens and uses his "little grey cells" to figure out who the thief is, and sets a trap to catch that person, Even in short story format, Ms. Christie cannot be beat in the mystery genre. There are many who have tried to match her skill, but few have ever achieved it. This was an enjoyable little story for this time of the year. The standouts are The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and the Miss Marple story, "Greenshaw"s Folly". The other short stories are entertaining although they are ordinary. I was drawn to the Christmas Pudding story because Christie discussed it (briefly) in her autobiography. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesHercule Poirot (37 (short stories)) Miss Marple (Short Stories) Belongs to Publisher SeriesNova terra (96) SaPo (284) Scherz Krimi (880)
Classic Literature.
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In Agatha Christie's short story, "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding," Poirot is asked to attend a Christmas celebration in order to apprehend a jewel-thief who has taken advantage of an unwary Eastern prince. Full of English holiday tradition and plenty of intrigue, this holiday tale first appeared in the December 12, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine. No library descriptions found.
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The stories are short, and I think that some were perhaps a little too short - the denouement came too quickly and I wasnt necessarily convinced (