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The Harlequin Tea Set
''The Harlequin Tea Set'' is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by G. P. Putnam's Sons on 14 April 1997. It contains nine short stories each of which involves a separate mystery. With the exception of "The Harlequin Tea Set", which was published in the collection '' Problem at Pollensa Bay'', all stories were published in the UK in 1997 in the anthology '' While the Light Lasts and Other Stories''. The collection of nine stories include: * "The Edge" * "The Actress" * "While the Light Lasts" * "The House of Dreams" * "The Lonely God" * "Manx Gold" * "Within a Wall" * "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest" (a Hercule Poirot story) * "The Harlequin Tea Set" (a Harley Quin story) Publication history * 1997, Putnam, 14 April 1997, Hardcover, 281 pp; * 1998, Berkley Books Berkley Books is an American imprint founded in 1955 by Charles Byrne and Frederic Klein owned by the Penguin Group unit of Penguin Random House. History Berkley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English people, English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery ''The Mousetrap'', which has been performed in the West End theatre, West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime"—a nickname now trademarked by her estate—or the "Queen of Mystery". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. She is the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies. Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an criminal investigation, investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, Kogoro Akechi, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Juvenile stories featuring The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Boxcar Children have also remained in print for several decades. History Ancient Some scholars, such as R. H. Pfeiffer, have suggested that certain ancient and religious texts bear similarities to what would later be called detective fiction. In the Old Testament story of Susanna (Book of Daniel: 13), Susanna and the Elders (the Protestant Bible locates this story within the apocrypha), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables, and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story remains problematic. A classic definition of a short story is that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Problem At Pollensa Bay And Other Stories
''Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories'' is a short story collection by Agatha Christie published in the UK only in November 1991 by HarperCollins. It was not published in the US but all the stories contained within it had previously been published in American volumes. It retailed at £13.99. It contains two stories with Hercule Poirot, two with Parker Pyne, two with The Mysterious Mr. Quin, Harley Quin and two Gothic fiction, gothic tales. List of stories * ''Problem at Pollensa Bay'' * ''The Second Gong'' * ''Yellow Iris'' * ''The Harlequin Tea Set'' * ''The Regatta Mystery'' * ''The Love Detectives'' * ''Next to a Dog'' * ''Magnolia Blossom'' Publication history * 1991, HarperCollins, November 1991, Hardcover, 232 pp * 1992, Fontana Books (Imprint of HarperCollins), Paperback First publication of stories The first UK magazine publication of all the stories has not been fully documented. The known listing is as follows: * ''Magnolia Blossom'': First published in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
While The Light Lasts And Other Stories
''While the Light Lasts and Other Stories'' is a short story collection by Agatha Christie first published in the UK on 4 August 1997 by HarperCollins. It contains nine short stories. Contents In addition to detailed notes by Christie scholar Tony Medawar, the collection comprises the following stories: * "The House of Dreams" * "The Actress" * "The Edge" * "Christmas Adventure" * "The Lonely God" * "Manx Gold" * "Within a Wall" * "The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest" * "While the Light Lasts" Publication history * 1997, HarperCollins, 4 August 1997, Hardcover, 182pp; * 1998, HarperCollins, 20 July 1998, Paperback, 224pp; First publication of stories Details of the first UK publication of the stories published in ''While the Light Lasts'' are as follows: * ''The House of Dreams'': First published in issue 74 of the ''Sovereign'' Magazine in January 1926, illustrated by Stanley Lloyd. * ''The Actress'': First published in issue 218 of '' The Novel Magazine'' in May 1923 under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Problem At Pollensa Bay
''Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories'' is a short story collection by Agatha Christie published in the UK only in November 1991 by HarperCollins. It was not published in the US but all the stories contained within it had previously been published in American volumes. It retailed at £13.99. It contains two stories with Hercule Poirot, two with Parker Pyne, two with Harley Quin and two gothic tales. List of stories * ''Problem at Pollensa Bay'' * ''The Second Gong'' * ''Yellow Iris'' * ''The Harlequin Tea Set'' * ''The Regatta Mystery'' * ''The Love Detectives'' * ''Next to a Dog'' * ''Magnolia Blossom'' Publication history * 1991, HarperCollins, November 1991, Hardcover, 232 pp * 1992, Fontana Books (Imprint of HarperCollins), Paperback First publication of stories The first UK magazine publication of all the stories has not been fully documented. The known listing is as follows: * ''Magnolia Blossom'': First published in issue 329 of the ''Royal Magazine'' in Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by the English writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is Christie's most famous and longest-running character, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (''Black Coffee (play), Black Coffee'' and ''Alibi (play), Alibi'') and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in film and on television by various actors, including Austin Trevor, John Moffatt (actor), John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, Orson Welles, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh, Peter Dinklage and John Malkovich. Overview Influences Poirot's name was derived from two other fictional detectives of the time: Marie Belloc Lowndes's Hercules Popeau and Frank Howel Evans's Monsieur Poiret, a retired French police officer living in London. Evans's Jules Poiret "was small and rather heavyset, hardly more than five feet, but moved with his head held high. The most remarkable features of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Quin
''The Mysterious Mr Quin'' is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 14 April 1930 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.American Tribute to Agatha Christie The UK edition retailed at seven and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. Each chapter or story involves a separate mystery that is solved through the interaction between the characters of Mr Satterthwaite, an elderly socialite, and the eponymous Mr Quin who appears almost magically at the most opportune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkley Books
Berkley Books is an American imprint founded in 1955 by Charles Byrne and Frederic Klein owned by the Penguin Group unit of Penguin Random House. History Berkley Books began as an independent company in 1955. It was founded as "Chic News Company" by Charles Byrne and Frederick Klein, who had worked for Avon; they quickly renamed it Berkley Publishing Co. The new name was a coinage, combining elements of their surnames, unrelated to either the philosopher George Berkeley or Berkeley, California. Under their editor-in-chief Thomas Dardis, over the next few years Berkley developed a diverse line of popular fiction and non-fiction, both reprints and mass-market paperback originals, with a particularly strong history in science fiction (books of Robert A. Heinlein and Frank Herbert’s ''Dune'' novels, for example). The company was bought in 1965 by G. P. Putnam's Sons and in years to follow undertook a hardcover line under the Berkley imprint, chiefly but not only for science fic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Short Story Collections
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story Collections By Agatha Christie
Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as the Short Companies * Short Brothers, a British aerospace company * Short Brothers of Sunderland, a former English shipbuilder Computing and technology * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short integer, a computer datatype Other uses * Short film, a cinema format, also called a short * Short (finance), stock-trading position * Short (cricket), fielding positions closer to the batsman * SHORT syndrome, a medical condition in which affected individuals have multiple birth defects * Short vowel, a vowel sound of short perceived duration * Holly Short, a fictional character in the ''Artemis Fowl'' series See also * Short time, a situation in which a civilian employee works reduced hours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercule Poirot Short Story Collections
Hercule may refer to: Fictional characters * Hercules, in Roman mythology * Hercule Poirot, a detective created by Agatha Christie * Hercule Flambeau, in the Father Brown mysteries by G. K. Chesterton * Hercule (Dragon Ball), Hercule (''Dragon Ball'') or Mr. Satan, in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * Hercule, from the comic book ''Spiff and Hercules, Pif et Hercule'' People * Hercule, Duke of Montbazon (1568–1654), French peer * Hercule Audiffret (1603-1659), French orator and religious writer * Hercule Corbineau (1780–1823), French soldier * Hercule Dupré (1844–1927), Canadian farmer, lumber merchant, and political figure * Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan (1669–1749) * Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné (1688–1757) * Hercule Nicolet (1801–1872), Swiss lithographer, natural history illustrator, librarian, and entomologist * Hercule de Serre (1776–1824), French soldier, lawyer, and politician * Hercule-Louis Turinetti, marquis of Prié (1658–1726), Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
