- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: UK General Books; Facsimile edition edition (Feb 9 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0007208545
- ISBN-13: 978-0007208548
- Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 12.4 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 322 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #505,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Never a dull moment.' The Times
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When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930, little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie, already famous for her early Poirot titles, was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years, with Miss Marple's Final Cases published in 1979, three years after Agatha's death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marple's first appearance, and to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form – 12 novels and two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting and formats from the first editions from the Christie family's own archive copies, these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies, reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Hidden crime within quintessential British ordinariness,
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This review is from: 450 from Paddington: A Miss Marple Mystery (Audio CD)
The 4:50 from Paddington, the life of a country house and a crime which didn't even convincingly take place...until the intrepid Miss Marples reveals all.Get the atmosphere of this novel: in her works Agatha Christie demonstrates her great flair for creating subtle plots out of a wide range of settings: some books, as in 'Death on the Nile', are 'exotic'; others, such as the events surrounding as ordinary an event as a commuter train from Paddington Station, are seemingly prosaic...until one gets below the surface.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Back Loaded Plot,
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This review is from: 4: 50 from Paddington (Audio Cassette)
4.50 to Paddington takes a while to get started with much of the book centered around trying to decide if a murder actually took place. Once that it's decided that a murder did take place the plot picks up and the rest of the book reads more like a typical Agatha Christie.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't miss this one!,
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This review is from: 4 50 From Paddington (Paperback)
Elspeth McGillicuddy had spent a busy day Christmas shopping in London so when she settled into her comfortable 1st class train compartment on her way to visit her friend it was natural that she dozed off for a few minutes. It was most unsettling that she woke up just in time to see a murder being committed in a passing train. It was understandable that the train conducter did not believe this elderly lady's fantastic story. It was fortunate that Mrs. McGillicuddy's friend was none other than Jane Marple.Miss Marple believed her friend was not imagining whole thing. When the police found no evidence of the crime Miss Marple began to investigate for herself. She located the most likely place a body could be disposed of, a large estate owned by the Crackenthorpe family and arranged for a confederate, Lucy Eyelesbarrow to work for the family. The Crackenthorpe family is another of Christie's large dysfunctional families dominated by a disagreeable father (Luther), downtrodden daughter (Emma), ambitious son (Harold) and a pair of blacksheep - the artistic Cedric and the slightly crooked Alfred. Two other siblings have died, Edmund and Emma. Emma's husband, Bryan and son, Alexander are also part of the household. The body is found, more murders commited, the culprit unmasked and the true motive revealed in dramitic fashion by Miss Marple. The family is very much like characters from similiar families in other books, (HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS, A POCKET FULL OF RYE, CROOKED HOUSE and others). This, coupled with the various titles this story has had over the years - WHAT MRS. McGILLICUDDY SAW, EYEWITNESS TO MURDER and MURDER SHE SAID, could lead a reader to think they had read this one before. Do not pass this one by, it is worth reading for the delightful Lucy Eyelesbarrow alone!
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