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مثلث رودس
On holiday on the island of Rhodes, Poirot is concerned to observe an eternal triangle between Valentine, Tony and Douglas. His concern is justified when Valentine dies after drinking a poisoned cocktail!
Published in 1936 this story has a very similar plot to that of Evil Under the Sun (1941). It was filmed for televsion in 1989 with David Suchet as Poirot. The short story is published in Murder in the Mews.
Published in 1936 this story has a very similar plot to that of Evil Under the Sun (1941). It was filmed for televsion in 1989 with David Suchet as Poirot. The short story is published in Murder in the Mews.
120 pages
First published January 1, 1936
About the author
Agatha Christie
4,621 books68.7k followersAgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer 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 of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". 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. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer 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 of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". 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. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
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October 12, 2021
Dead Man's Mirror and Triangle at Rhodes, Agatha Christie
Triangle at Rhodes: Wishing for a quiet holiday free from crime, Poirot goes to Rhodes during the low season in October where there are but a few guests. Aside from the young Pamela Lyall and Sarah Blake there is Valentine Chantry, a consciously beautiful woman who seems to swoon under the attentions of Douglas Gold.
This is done at the expense of his own wife, Marjorie, a mildly attractive woman, and Valentine's husband Tony Chantry. This is the "triangle" that everyone observes, and it gets rather absurd with the two men vying for Valentine's favour. She seems to delight in the attention. Marjorie Gold soon wins the sympathy of many of the guests of the hotel as her husband is frequently in the company of Valentine, she confesses her own doubts about Valentine to Poirot.
Poirot, however, warns her to flee the island if she values her life. The event comes to a head one evening, beginning when Gold and Chantry have a loud argument. Valentine and Marjorie return from a drive, and the former is poisoned by the cocktail her husband gives her.
Gold is immediately suspected, as the strophanthin that kills Valentine is found in the pocket of his dinner jacket. Poirot notices otherwise, seeing that Chantry puts it in Gold's pocket just as everyone's attention is on his dying wife. Poirot gives this information to the police, and points out to Pamela Lyall that she was focusing on the wrong triangle.
The real triangle was between Douglas, Marjorie and Chantry. Chantry and Marjorie were having an affair and Chantry, bored of his wife but wanting her fortune, conspired with Marjorie to kill her. For this reason, Chantry and Marjorie decided to kill Valentine and ensure that Douglas was blamed for the murder.
Also, Poirot's warning to Marjorie Gold was not because he feared she was a victim at risk of being murdered, but the opposite. He was warning her she would be caught, tried, and convicted as one of the culprits, and be hanged for murder.
Dead Man's Mirror: When Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore writes to Hercule Poirot to unceremoniously summon him down to the Chevenix-Gore ancestral pile, Poirot is initially reluctant to go.
However, there is something that intrigues him and so he catches the train that Sir Gervase wanted him to. On arrival, it is clear that no-one was expecting him, and, for the first time in memory, Sir Gervase himself, who is always punctual, is missing. Poirot and guests go to his study and find him there dead, having apparently shot himself.
Poirot is not convinced, however, and soon starts to prove that Sir Gervase was murdered because of various improbable factors surrounding the death, including the position at which the bullet is believed to have struck a mirror and the many different moods that Chevenix-Gore exhibited during the day.
When Poirot first arrives at the Chevenix-Gore's house, he meets Chevenix's wife Vanda, an eccentric who believes she is a reincarnation of an Egyptian woman, his adopted daughter Ruth and her cousin Hugo, and Miss Lingard, a secretary helping Chevenix research a family history.
It is revealed that before Poirot arrives, all the guests and family were dressing for dinner, and after they heard the dinner gong, a shot rang out. No one suspected that anything is wrong, believing that either a car had backfired or champagne was being served.
And Chevenix-Gore not being the most popular of men, there are any number of suspects, including his own daughter and nephew. It is revealed that Hugo is engaged to Susan (another guest at the house) and Ruth has already married Lake (Chevenix-Gore's agent) in secret.
In the end, Poirot assembles everyone in the study. He tells them that Chevenix intended to disinherit Ruth if she did not marry Hugo Trent. However, it was too late, as she was already married to Lake.
Poirot says that Ruth killed Chevenix, but Ms Lingard confesses in the murder. She is the real mother of Ruth and she killed Chevenix to prevent him from disinheriting her. The bullet which killed Chevenix hit the gong (as the door to the study was open), which made Susan think that she heard the first gong (dinner was usually served after the valet would strike the gong 2 times), and it was Ms Lingard who smashed the mirror and made the whole affair look like suicide. She blew a paper bag to fake a shot.
Poirot claims to suspect Ruth because he suspected Ms Lingard would rescue her daughter and confess, and he had no evidence against Ms Lingard.
After everyone leaves and Ms Lingard stays alone in the room, she asks Poirot not to tell Ruth that she is her real mother. Poirot agrees as Ms Lingard is terminally ill, and does not reveal anything to Ruth who wonders why Ms Lingard committed the murder.
عنوانها: «مثلث رودس»؛ «آئینه مرد مقتول»؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز چهاردهم ماه سپتامبر سال 1995میلادی
عنوان: مثلث رودس - آئینه مرد مقتول؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: فرید جواهر کلام؛ تهران، نشر پائیز، 1372؛ در 120ص؛ عنوان دیگر آئینه مرد مقتول؛ چاپ دوم 1373؛ موضوع داستانهای پلیسی و کارآگاهی از آگاتا کریستی نویسنده ی بریتانیا - سده 20م
مثلث رودس: «هرکول پوارو» روی ماسه های سفید بنشسته، و چشم به دریای آبی دوخته، وی برای گذراندن تعطیلات تابستانی، به همراه دو تن از دوستان خود خانم: «پاملا لایال»، و خانم: «سارا بلیک»، به این نقطه دور افتاده، در «جزیره رودس»، آمده، و در یک هتل توریستی اقامت گزیده است؛ و داستان دیگرش «آئینه مرد مقتول» است
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 05/10/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 19/07/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
Triangle at Rhodes: Wishing for a quiet holiday free from crime, Poirot goes to Rhodes during the low season in October where there are but a few guests. Aside from the young Pamela Lyall and Sarah Blake there is Valentine Chantry, a consciously beautiful woman who seems to swoon under the attentions of Douglas Gold.
This is done at the expense of his own wife, Marjorie, a mildly attractive woman, and Valentine's husband Tony Chantry. This is the "triangle" that everyone observes, and it gets rather absurd with the two men vying for Valentine's favour. She seems to delight in the attention. Marjorie Gold soon wins the sympathy of many of the guests of the hotel as her husband is frequently in the company of Valentine, she confesses her own doubts about Valentine to Poirot.
Poirot, however, warns her to flee the island if she values her life. The event comes to a head one evening, beginning when Gold and Chantry have a loud argument. Valentine and Marjorie return from a drive, and the former is poisoned by the cocktail her husband gives her.
Gold is immediately suspected, as the strophanthin that kills Valentine is found in the pocket of his dinner jacket. Poirot notices otherwise, seeing that Chantry puts it in Gold's pocket just as everyone's attention is on his dying wife. Poirot gives this information to the police, and points out to Pamela Lyall that she was focusing on the wrong triangle.
The real triangle was between Douglas, Marjorie and Chantry. Chantry and Marjorie were having an affair and Chantry, bored of his wife but wanting her fortune, conspired with Marjorie to kill her. For this reason, Chantry and Marjorie decided to kill Valentine and ensure that Douglas was blamed for the murder.
Also, Poirot's warning to Marjorie Gold was not because he feared she was a victim at risk of being murdered, but the opposite. He was warning her she would be caught, tried, and convicted as one of the culprits, and be hanged for murder.
Dead Man's Mirror: When Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore writes to Hercule Poirot to unceremoniously summon him down to the Chevenix-Gore ancestral pile, Poirot is initially reluctant to go.
However, there is something that intrigues him and so he catches the train that Sir Gervase wanted him to. On arrival, it is clear that no-one was expecting him, and, for the first time in memory, Sir Gervase himself, who is always punctual, is missing. Poirot and guests go to his study and find him there dead, having apparently shot himself.
Poirot is not convinced, however, and soon starts to prove that Sir Gervase was murdered because of various improbable factors surrounding the death, including the position at which the bullet is believed to have struck a mirror and the many different moods that Chevenix-Gore exhibited during the day.
When Poirot first arrives at the Chevenix-Gore's house, he meets Chevenix's wife Vanda, an eccentric who believes she is a reincarnation of an Egyptian woman, his adopted daughter Ruth and her cousin Hugo, and Miss Lingard, a secretary helping Chevenix research a family history.
It is revealed that before Poirot arrives, all the guests and family were dressing for dinner, and after they heard the dinner gong, a shot rang out. No one suspected that anything is wrong, believing that either a car had backfired or champagne was being served.
And Chevenix-Gore not being the most popular of men, there are any number of suspects, including his own daughter and nephew. It is revealed that Hugo is engaged to Susan (another guest at the house) and Ruth has already married Lake (Chevenix-Gore's agent) in secret.
In the end, Poirot assembles everyone in the study. He tells them that Chevenix intended to disinherit Ruth if she did not marry Hugo Trent. However, it was too late, as she was already married to Lake.
Poirot says that Ruth killed Chevenix, but Ms Lingard confesses in the murder. She is the real mother of Ruth and she killed Chevenix to prevent him from disinheriting her. The bullet which killed Chevenix hit the gong (as the door to the study was open), which made Susan think that she heard the first gong (dinner was usually served after the valet would strike the gong 2 times), and it was Ms Lingard who smashed the mirror and made the whole affair look like suicide. She blew a paper bag to fake a shot.
Poirot claims to suspect Ruth because he suspected Ms Lingard would rescue her daughter and confess, and he had no evidence against Ms Lingard.
After everyone leaves and Ms Lingard stays alone in the room, she asks Poirot not to tell Ruth that she is her real mother. Poirot agrees as Ms Lingard is terminally ill, and does not reveal anything to Ruth who wonders why Ms Lingard committed the murder.
عنوانها: «مثلث رودس»؛ «آئینه مرد مقتول»؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز چهاردهم ماه سپتامبر سال 1995میلادی
عنوان: مثلث رودس - آئینه مرد مقتول؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: فرید جواهر کلام؛ تهران، نشر پائیز، 1372؛ در 120ص؛ عنوان دیگر آئینه مرد مقتول؛ چاپ دوم 1373؛ موضوع داستانهای پلیسی و کارآگاهی از آگاتا کریستی نویسنده ی بریتانیا - سده 20م
مثلث رودس: «هرکول پوارو» روی ماسه های سفید بنشسته، و چشم به دریای آبی دوخته، وی برای گذراندن تعطیلات تابستانی، به همراه دو تن از دوستان خود خانم: «پاملا لایال»، و خانم: «سارا بلیک»، به این نقطه دور افتاده، در «جزیره رودس»، آمده، و در یک هتل توریستی اقامت گزیده است؛ و داستان دیگرش «آئینه مرد مقتول» است
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 05/10/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 19/07/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
June 13, 2023
Hercules Poirot and paradise island are somewhat of a deadly combination.
Whenever Poirot reaches a tourist destination where he can relax, he gets entangled in a murder mystery. This book is not different, either. Here he has to solve the mystery behind the death of a beautiful lady in this case.
Was there a secret love triangle happening behind the scenes? What was the motive behind the murder? Even though Poirot finds out the murderer pretty quickly, this book still gives the readers a decent reading experience.
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Whenever Poirot reaches a tourist destination where he can relax, he gets entangled in a murder mystery. This book is not different, either. Here he has to solve the mystery behind the death of a beautiful lady in this case.
Was there a secret love triangle happening behind the scenes? What was the motive behind the murder? Even though Poirot finds out the murderer pretty quickly, this book still gives the readers a decent reading experience.
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March 22, 2023
A love triangle turns deadly in a way I didn't see coming!
Poirot and the other guests notice that the resident hotel hottie appears to be quickly stealing a mousy woman's handsome husband, while simultaneously angering her own.
Poirot sees that there is more going on than meets the eye and tries to warn Mrs. Mousy to leave before...
Well, before.
I liked this one quite a bit!
I read this as part of the short story collection Murder in the Mews.
Poirot and the other guests notice that the resident hotel hottie appears to be quickly stealing a mousy woman's handsome husband, while simultaneously angering her own.
Poirot sees that there is more going on than meets the eye and tries to warn Mrs. Mousy to leave before...
Well, before.
I liked this one quite a bit!
I read this as part of the short story collection Murder in the Mews.
January 23, 2024
4 Stars. A great title. It's memorable but not that deep. Perhaps the terrific David Suchet portrayal on the tube influences me. The 36 page novella was published in "The Strand" magazine in 1936 and collected with three others under the title, "Murder in the Mews," in 1937. Memorable is the word - the story's simplicity, the beautiful holiday surroundings next to the Mediterranean, and the warning delivered so obtusely by Poirot. I don't want to get too close to the resolution, so enough of that. The popularity of Christie in the 1920s and 30s related partly to the exotic locales where some of her mysteries were set. Few could afford to actually visit but many could enjoy the settings! Rhodes is a Greek island just off the southern Turkish coast, a holiday site for the rich. "Gorgeous and famous" is the way Valentine Dacres describes them. She's the Chanel model married to Naval Commander Tony Chantry - her fifth husband. It's not long before Poirot senses the proverbial triangle. Are Chantry and the good looking Douglas Gold rivals for Valentine's changeable affections? Is murder on the itinerary? Spend a few days on Rhodes and find out! (No2018/Ja2024)
March 31, 2021
Christie, exercising her unmatched ability to structure a mystery. This is a long short story, perhaps 15,000 words, but Christie wrings a complex murder from the six characters plus Poirot.
December 6, 2022
✩ 4 stars
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i can definitely tell that this is the most famous agatha christie short story.
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it’s written really well & the twist!
wow didn’t see that coming at all
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i can definitely tell that this is the most famous agatha christie short story.
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it’s written really well & the twist!
wow didn’t see that coming at all
October 29, 2022
On the Greek island of Rhodes a romantic triangle may have resulted in a murder. Duh, it’s an Agatha Christie story, this one is fun and an interesting murder. The perfectly obvious is the red herring. Neatly tied up and well paced, this one tops my list of the author’s short stories.
April 7, 2015
This story was first published in The Strand in 1936 and, in book form, included in, “Murder in the Mews,” in 1937. The themes in this story later became reworked as the novel, “Evil Under the Sun,” in 1940. However, this short story is certainly worth reading in its own right.
Poirot is on holiday in Rhodes, hoping for a relaxing time away from crime. There are only a few residents, including two new couples. The first is the five time married mode, Valentine Chantry, with her latest husband – Naval Commander Tony Chantry. The second couple is Douglas Gold and his mousy wife, Marjorie. When Douglas Gold becomes infatuated with Valentine Chantry, jealousy leads – as Poirot predicted – to murder… This story has a nice setting, good characters and a good twist at the end.
Poirot is on holiday in Rhodes, hoping for a relaxing time away from crime. There are only a few residents, including two new couples. The first is the five time married mode, Valentine Chantry, with her latest husband – Naval Commander Tony Chantry. The second couple is Douglas Gold and his mousy wife, Marjorie. When Douglas Gold becomes infatuated with Valentine Chantry, jealousy leads – as Poirot predicted – to murder… This story has a nice setting, good characters and a good twist at the end.
July 4, 2021
4.5 Stars
rounded up to 5 Stars.
July 28, 2022
A much better version of Evil Under the Sun.
August 15, 2020
Quite a short story, I dislike the victim which made this quite an unpleasurable read. When the character died, I couldn't care less who the killer was seeing as I was too busy being glad that the deed is done.
April 19, 2021
Another great Agatha short. When reading Christie’s stories, if it seems too obvious, the reader is usually wrong. The audio version narrated by Hugh Fraser was very enjoyable to listen too. (Compliments of Scrib)
September 16, 2023
3 stars
December 20, 2019
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July 9, 2017
(Not sure if this is a spoiler so I didn't mark it as one, I simply wrote about my changing feelings not the content)
DANG.
I got ahead of myself. This short story really got to me.
I was passionately hating on some of the character thinking that this was the stereotypical character/plot type.
Boy was I so wrong.
The plot twist really blew my mind. For once I thought that Agatha Christie was going to serve up some cliches
But dang that got me good.
I was questioning whether I would enjoy such a short story (especially when half of it was actually a description and not murder --> Im accustomed to a death occurring at the beginning and the rest of the novel being centred around analysis and solving the crime) so it was a surprise when I got to the end.
Final Opinion: Definitely should read! Really easy and quick to read, and I found it very enjoyable
If you have a great mind then maybe you may disagree (since i've always been bad at seeing the 'truth')
DANG.
I got ahead of myself. This short story really got to me.
I was passionately hating on some of the character thinking that this was the stereotypical character/plot type.
Boy was I so wrong.
The plot twist really blew my mind. For once I thought that Agatha Christie was going to serve up some cliches
But dang that got me good.
I was questioning whether I would enjoy such a short story (especially when half of it was actually a description and not murder --> Im accustomed to a death occurring at the beginning and the rest of the novel being centred around analysis and solving the crime) so it was a surprise when I got to the end.
Final Opinion: Definitely should read! Really easy and quick to read, and I found it very enjoyable
If you have a great mind then maybe you may disagree (since i've always been bad at seeing the 'truth')
November 22, 2021
very straightforward with what's happening. hercule poirot just wanted to relax but ended up solving a crime once more.
December 29, 2013
Why is it that whenever I make a prediction in the beginning I always turn out wrong? I dunno, it's just always been a pattern with the Agatha Christie Poirot novels and TV Series yet I don't mind, as long a my 'grey mass' is working inside of my head (I think Poirot is really starting to get to me, in a good way)
Hum, the way this story was set I was carefully running back and forth between the characetrs trying to understand who was honest and who wasn't, and I was wrong on my whole theory.
The thing that scares me is the rapid speed I'm consuming this whole series at - I only have a few episodes of season 11 left and have to then desperately wait for the next season. Amazing series that will just get you thinking and alert on your toes.
Hum, the way this story was set I was carefully running back and forth between the characetrs trying to understand who was honest and who wasn't, and I was wrong on my whole theory.
The thing that scares me is the rapid speed I'm consuming this whole series at - I only have a few episodes of season 11 left and have to then desperately wait for the next season. Amazing series that will just get you thinking and alert on your toes.
February 8, 2017
We believe what we are lead to believe. So true. Christie really does understand the human race, doesn't she? Their twisted ideas, their ignorance and naivety. What a very clever, twisted crime. If not for Poirot, they would have gotten away. No one is too clever for our little Belgian.
March 4, 2016
The triangle at Rhodes
The incredible theft
Murder in the mews
Dead man's mirror
The incredible theft
Murder in the mews
Dead man's mirror
March 9, 2022
2,5/5 αστεράκια.
Ποτέ δεν αγάπησα τα διηγήματα. Αν κι έχω διαβάσει άπειρα και έχω γράψει αρκετά και η ίδια, δεν μπορώ να τα εξισώσω με ένα ολοκληρωμένο μυθιστόρημα. Και παρόλο που γνωρίζω καλά και τον βαθμό δυσκολίας τού να 'στριμώξεις' μια ολόκληρη ιστορία μέσα σε συγκεκριμένο αριθμό λέξεων ή σελίδων και το ταλέντο που απαιτεί αυτό, δεν μπορώ να τα αγαπήσω εξίσου - τι να γίνει!
Στη συγκεκριμένη συλλογή περιλαμβάνονται οχτώ διηγήματα, εκ των οποίων τα τέσσερα τα είχα ήδη διαβάσει ξανά στο παρελθόν. Όλα είναι καλογραμμένα, φυσικά, όλα έχουν το μοναδικό και ιδιαίτερο στυλ της Christie, όμως μου φάνηκαν κάπως... ανολοκλήρωτα. Κάπως σαν να μπήκε βιαστικά η τελευταία τελεία. Κάπως σαν να έπρεπε να τελειώσουν χωρίς πολλά-πολλά. Ακόμα και ο Ηρακλής Πουαρό σαν να βιαζόταν να κλείσει τις υποθέσεις του.
Το διάβασα ευχάριστα, εννοείται, αλλά σίγουρα δεν το κατατάσσω ανάμεσα στα βιβλία της συγγραφέως που θα θυμάμαι. Μάλλον θα ξεχαστεί από μόνο του, θα έλεγα...
Ποτέ δεν αγάπησα τα διηγήματα. Αν κι έχω διαβάσει άπειρα και έχω γράψει αρκετά και η ίδια, δεν μπορώ να τα εξισώσω με ένα ολοκληρωμένο μυθιστόρημα. Και παρόλο που γνωρίζω καλά και τον βαθμό δυσκολίας τού να 'στριμώξεις' μια ολόκληρη ιστορία μέσα σε συγκεκριμένο αριθμό λέξεων ή σελίδων και το ταλέντο που απαιτεί αυτό, δεν μπορώ να τα αγαπήσω εξίσου - τι να γίνει!
Στη συγκεκριμένη συλλογή περιλαμβάνονται οχτώ διηγήματα, εκ των οποίων τα τέσσερα τα είχα ήδη διαβάσει ξανά στο παρελθόν. Όλα είναι καλογραμμένα, φυσικά, όλα έχουν το μοναδικό και ιδιαίτερο στυλ της Christie, όμως μου φάνηκαν κάπως... ανολοκλήρωτα. Κάπως σαν να μπήκε βιαστικά η τελευταία τελεία. Κάπως σαν να έπρεπε να τελειώσουν χωρίς πολλά-πολλά. Ακόμα και ο Ηρακλής Πουαρό σαν να βιαζόταν να κλείσει τις υποθέσεις του.
Το διάβασα ευχάριστα, εννοείται, αλλά σίγουρα δεν το κατατάσσω ανάμεσα στα βιβλία της συγγραφέως που θα θυμάμαι. Μάλλον θα ξεχαστεί από μόνο του, θα έλεγα...
May 18, 2016
Poirot goes to an island off of the Italian coast, hoping to stay away from murder. He sees a love triangle play out before him and warns a party to leave the island. They do not and then a member of the triangle is murdered. Poirot explains everything to another vacationer who says he could have done something.
Who done it?
Who done it?
June 2, 2021
Even for a short story, it's quite short, so it's hard to judge it in comparison to other longer, fuller works. Obviously everything wraps up quite quickly and we don't get as many moments of Poirot investigating as we like. But at the same time, I was still actually surprise by it! So, it was a fun quick read and a good little mystery.
April 22, 2017
يجب أن أذكر شيء هنا
أنالا تستهويني روايات أغاثا، مطلقا..لكن في عدة مجموعات قراءة، كانوا يتحدثون عن روعة رواياتيها، أردت التأكد بنفسي ، و أعتقد، أني على حق..بقى لها رواية، أو اثنتين، ولن أعود لها ، بعد ذلكـ أبدا..
أنالا تستهويني روايات أغاثا، مطلقا..لكن في عدة مجموعات قراءة، كانوا يتحدثون عن روعة رواياتيها، أردت التأكد بنفسي ، و أعتقد، أني على حق..بقى لها رواية، أو اثنتين، ولن أعود لها ، بعد ذلكـ أبدا..
May 3, 2020
This is sort of the "warm-up" to Evil Under the Sun, down to even a few of the lines of prose. A little longer and more developed than some of Christie's short stories, but not nearly as good as the full-length version.
April 23, 2020
2.5 stars. Very short story. By the time I was able to keep all the characters straight it was over. Lots of build up then a swift conclusion with the solution plainly stated.
October 14, 2021
i was expecting more of the crime, but te murderer is worth it
March 20, 2023
First published in 1936. Another case solved by Hercule Poirot.
A short story with only 6 chapters. This story moves quickly with a nice twist at the end.
Blurb:
Hercule Poirot takes a vacation in late October to the island of Rhodes, Greece. As he tries to relax on the beach, an eternal “love” triangle is formed between Mrs. Valentine Chantry, her husband Commander Tony Chantry, and Mr. Douglas Gold. But is this the real enteral triangle or is it an illusion? Hercule Poirot solves the case and explains the eternal triangle at the end of the story. Fun story!
A short story with only 6 chapters. This story moves quickly with a nice twist at the end.
Blurb:
Hercule Poirot takes a vacation in late October to the island of Rhodes, Greece. As he tries to relax on the beach, an eternal “love” triangle is formed between Mrs. Valentine Chantry, her husband Commander Tony Chantry, and Mr. Douglas Gold. But is this the real enteral triangle or is it an illusion? Hercule Poirot solves the case and explains the eternal triangle at the end of the story. Fun story!
January 25, 2023
Kind if revising the shorter stories by Christie. I really like listening to Hugh Fraser's narrations. This story in particular wasn't that great.
April 6, 2023
Watched the film and was lovely seeing all the famous lines from the book actually used in the TV episode. Was as if I was watching it run in my head . Loved it
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