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« on: February 21, 2014, 04:57:28 pm »
And Then There Were None is often mentioned by people as their favorite Agatha Christie novel. It has been published under three different titles; in addition to the one that I assume you are referring to, it is also known as Ten Little Indians. There have been movies under both this title and the most common title. Christie also wrote the story as a play, but with a different ending; some of the movies use the novel ending, and some use the play ending. Christie enjoyed using nursery rhyme references in some of her titles and novels.
This is one of the ones that I consider have really unusual twists (of course, all mysteries have some kind of twist!). Two others that have different unusual twists are Murder on the Orient Express (aka Murder on the Calais Coach) and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Some critics actually called foul on Roger Ackroyd, as they considered the way she turned convention on its head unfair.
One of the reasons a lot of Christie novels have multiple titles is that the American publishers chose to use a different title than the British publisher. In some cases, they thought there was a cultural reference that American readers wouldn't understand. These days, most are published using the original British titles. My guess is that this is a result of the global economy and the ease of online shopping, so there wasn't much point any more. I have a lot with the American titles, since I bought most of them back in the 70s and 80s.
This is one of the ones that I consider have really unusual twists (of course, all mysteries have some kind of twist!). Two others that have different unusual twists are Murder on the Orient Express (aka Murder on the Calais Coach) and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Some critics actually called foul on Roger Ackroyd, as they considered the way she turned convention on its head unfair.
One of the reasons a lot of Christie novels have multiple titles is that the American publishers chose to use a different title than the British publisher. In some cases, they thought there was a cultural reference that American readers wouldn't understand. These days, most are published using the original British titles. My guess is that this is a result of the global economy and the ease of online shopping, so there wasn't much point any more. I have a lot with the American titles, since I bought most of them back in the 70s and 80s.