Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
The Detective Novels of Agatha Christie : A Reader's Guide by James Zemboy (2016, Trade Paperback)
Bargain Book Stores (1143619)
99.3% positive feedback
Price:
US $59.84
(inclusive of GST)
ApproximatelyS$ 77.39
+ $24.39 shipping
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Information
The most popular mystery writer of all time concocted a rich recipe of intrigue, character, and setting. All of Agatha Christie's 66 detective novels are covered here in great detail. Each chapter begins with general comments on a novel's geographical and historical setting, identifying current events, fashions, fads and popular interests that relate to the story. A concise plot summary and comprehensive character listing follow, and each novel is discussed within Christie's overall body of work, with an emphasis on the development of themes, narrative technique, and characters over the course of her prolific career. An appendix translates Poirot's French and defines the British idiomatic words and phrases that give Christie's novels so much of their flavor.Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-101476665958
ISBN-139781476665955
eBay Product ID (ePID)219346857
Product Key Features
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDetective Novels of Agatha Christie : a Reader's Guide
Publication Year2016
SubjectMystery & Detective, General
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Référence
AuthorJames Zemboy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"thoughtful and entertaining...highly useful...achieves its goal"-- Booklist "may be the most thorough guide to the 60 novels published between 1920 and 1976...provides thoughtful and helpful commentary"-- ARBA "a very worthwhile book for...a good encyclopedic introduction to the world of this most prolific and well loved crime author"-- Reference Reviews "excellent"-- GAdetection "the writing is lively, the author's enthusiasm infectious"-- Mystery Scene., "thoughtful and entertaining...highly useful...achieves its goal"-- Booklist ; "may be the most thorough guide to the 60 novels published between 1920 and 1976...provides thoughtful and helpful commentary"-- ARBA ; "a very worthwhile book for...a good encyclopedic introduction to the world of this most prolific and well loved crime author"-- Reference Reviews ; "excellent"-- GAdetection ; "the writing is lively, the author's enthusiasm infectious"-- Mystery Scene., "thoughtful and entertaining...highly useful...achieves its goal"- Booklist ; "may be the most thorough guide to the 60 novels published between 1920 and 1976...provides thoughtful and helpful commentary"- ARBA ; "a very worthwhile book for...a good encyclopedic introduction to the world of this most prolific and well loved crime author"- Reference Reviews ; "excellent"- GAdetection ; "the writing is lively, the author's enthusiasm infectious"- Mystery Scene.
Number of Volumes1 Vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal823/.912
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Lc Classification NumberPr6005.H66z98 2016
Table of ContentTable of Contents Preface Introduction The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) The Secret Adversary (1922) Murder on the Links (1923) The Man in the Brown Suit (1924) The Secret of Chimneys (1925) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) The Big Four (1927) The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) The Seven Dials Mystery (1929) Summary for the 1920s Murder at the Vicarage (1930) Murder at Hazelmoor (1931) Peril at End House (1932) Thirteen at Dinner (1933) The Boomerang Clue (1934) Murder in the Calais Coach (1934) Murder in Three Acts (1935) Death in the Air (1935) The A.B.C. Murders (1935) Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) Cards on the Table (1936) Death on the Nile (1937) Poirot Loses a Client (1937) Appointment with Death (1938) A Holiday for Murder (1938) Easy to Kill (1939) And Then There Were None (1939) Summary for the 1930s Sad Cypress (1940) The Patriotic Murders (1940) Evil Under the Sun (1941) N or M? (1941) The Body in the Library (1942) The Moving Finger (1942) Murder in Retrospect (1943) Towards Zero (1944) Death Comes as the End (1945) Remembered Death (1945) Murder After Hours (1946) There Is a Tide (1948) Crooked House (1949 ) Summary for the 1940s A Murder Is Announced(1950) They Came to Baghdad (1951) Mrs. McGinty''s Dead (1952) Murder with Mirrors (1952) A Pocket Full of Rye (1953) Funerals Are Fatal (1953) So Many Steps to Death (1954) Hickory, Dickory, Death (1955) Dead Man''s Folly (1956) What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw (1957) Ordeal by Innocence (1958) Cat Among the Pigeons (1959) Summary for the 1950s The Pale Horse (1961) The Mirror Crack''d (1962) The Clocks (1963) A Caribbean Mystery (1964) At Bertram''s Hotel (1965) Third Girl (1966) Endless Night (1967) By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968) Hallowe''en Party (1969) Summary for the 1960s Passenger to Frankfurt (1970) Nemesis (1971) Elephants Can Remember (1972) Postern of Fate (1974) Curtain (1975) Sleeping Murder (1976) Summary for the 1970s Appendix: British Expressions Title and Character Index Subject Index
Be the first to write a review
