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Reasonably bog standard collection of short stories from Agatha Christie. I'd run across a few of them in other collections, but some were new to me. I was also reminded why I've never really gotten into the Parker Pyne stories: his obsession with "types" really highlights the English ability to be racist against literally everybody (ah, so you're Welsh and you got upset about being suspected of a crime? I'll catalogue this as the Welsh Reaction to a Big Thing Happening). The Poirot stories were
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Had encountered two stories in this collection previously, “The Dream,” and “The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest” — though the version of the latter I read was an expanded version that substituted ‘Spanish’ for ‘Baghdad.’ An interesting collection, though a couple of the stories weren’t mysteries, such as “Problem at Pollensa Bay” and “Through a Mirror Darkly.”
"No man or woman is actually himself (or herself) till after forty-five. That’s when individuality has a chance.”
(Something to look forward to.)
"Pauline and I, you see, have had what the vulgar call words. That is to say, she’s had ninety-five words to five of mine out of every hundred. My five are: ‘But, darling—I can explain.’—Then she starts in on her ninety-five again and we get no further. I think,” added Tony sadly, “that I shall poison myself.”
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(Something to look forward to.)
"Pauline and I, you see, have had what the vulgar call words. That is to say, she’s had ninety-five words to five of mine out of every hundred. My five are: ‘But, darling—I can explain.’—Then she starts in on her ninety-five again and we get no further. I think,” added Tony sadly, “that I shall poison myself.”
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9 short stories - I haven't read any of these before, but I have seen the adaptations. As short stories they are OK, the adaptations were excellent :-)
The Regatta Mystery (Parker Pyne)
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (Hercule Poirot)
How Does Your Garden Grow (Hercule Poirot)
Problem at Pollensa Bay (Parker Pyne)
Yellow Iris (Hercule Poirot)
Miss Marple Tells a Story (Miss Marple)
The Dream (Hercule Poirot)
In a Glass Darkly (unknown narrator)
Problem at Sea (Hercule Poirot)
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The Regatta Mystery (Parker Pyne)
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (Hercule Poirot)
How Does Your Garden Grow (Hercule Poirot)
Problem at Pollensa Bay (Parker Pyne)
Yellow Iris (Hercule Poirot)
Miss Marple Tells a Story (Miss Marple)
The Dream (Hercule Poirot)
In a Glass Darkly (unknown narrator)
Problem at Sea (Hercule Poirot)
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