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Hercule Poirot #37
Приключението на коледния пудинг
?Приключението на коледния пудинг” събира част от най-добрите разкази на ненадминатата Агата Кристи. В шест заплетени истории най-обичаните й герои Еркюл Поаро и госпожица Марпъл разкриват престъпления и удивляват с невероятните си детективски способности.
...И един съвет: не яжте от пудинга!
...И един съвет: не яжте от пудинга!
280 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1960
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Agatha Christie
5,252?books71.6k?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 Кр?ст? (Ukrainian)
Αγκ?θα Κρ?στι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉丝蒂 (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 Кр?ст? (Ukrainian)
Αγκ?θα Κρ?στι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉丝蒂 (Chinese)
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December 25, 2022
For many people, Christmas time is a time for relaxation and celebration.
But not for Hercule Poirot. Even when he arrives at a great English country house, he plans to solve his cases. Each case discussed in this book is unique and intriguing.
A bigger surprise for me was the Miss Marple story at the end. But who is complaining? Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot's stories together in a book dealing with themes related to Christmas are the perfect recipe for bibliophiles during the Christmas season.
But not for Hercule Poirot. Even when he arrives at a great English country house, he plans to solve his cases. Each case discussed in this book is unique and intriguing.
"A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man. ”
A bigger surprise for me was the Miss Marple story at the end. But who is complaining? Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot's stories together in a book dealing with themes related to Christmas are the perfect recipe for bibliophiles during the Christmas season.
January 26, 2021
January 2021 read for Poirot Group Read
So it appears I'm reading the same book twice in one long Group Read. Hmm, not quite the case despite the obvious evidence. The December 18 read was of the short story which is an early version of , So in 2018 I read all the stories in the book rather than just the title story. Hence when we get to reading the updated version and other stories in December 2020, I find I've already read them. Shall I just skip the reader after 2 years shall I re-read.
Hey ho re-read it is . ?
So far I see no reason to change my thoughts below, nor my markings (2 stories in so far). And now I've finished it (again). Some wonderful short stories, all of them 4 stars plus. To me is the best and demonstrates Hercule's ability the most.
December 2018 read for Poirot Group Read
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - 5 stars
An excellent Poirot short that perfectly demonstrates his amazing ability, and Ms Christie’s storytelling prowess.
(To save counting this short story twice, I've removed the separate short story from my library)
Mystery of the Spanish Chest - 4 stars
Well I read this only 3 months ago and amazingly I’m enjoying it again so very soon
And now do I shelve this until I have to read the rest of the short stories as part of my challenge (I think its due December 2020 !!) , or shall I finish it now and read again in 2 years ha ha.
Well I decided to carry on, so ...
The Underdog - 4 stars
A great short story that again showcases Poirot's talents, and thus Ms Christie's talents.
Four and Twenty Blackbirds - 5 stars
This has to be, in my opinion one of Poirot's best short stories. In fact he's not even asked to investigate anything. Read it and find out what I mean.
The Dream - 4.5 stars
Another wonderful Poirot short, in which our hero again produces a rabbit out of the hat at the last minute.
Greenshaw's Folly -4.5 stars
Surprisingly enough the last "short" in this book is a Miss Marple story. Our darling Jane virtually solves the whole mystery from her armchair whilst knitting. Nephew and writer Raymond assists as Aunt Jane cuts through the red-herrings and gets straight to heart of the murder.
So it appears I'm reading the same book twice in one long Group Read. Hmm, not quite the case despite the obvious evidence. The December 18 read was of the short story which is an early version of , So in 2018 I read all the stories in the book rather than just the title story. Hence when we get to reading the updated version and other stories in December 2020, I find I've already read them. Shall I just skip the reader after 2 years shall I re-read.
Hey ho re-read it is . ?
So far I see no reason to change my thoughts below, nor my markings (2 stories in so far). And now I've finished it (again). Some wonderful short stories, all of them 4 stars plus. To me is the best and demonstrates Hercule's ability the most.
December 2018 read for Poirot Group Read
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - 5 stars
An excellent Poirot short that perfectly demonstrates his amazing ability, and Ms Christie’s storytelling prowess.
(To save counting this short story twice, I've removed the separate short story from my library)
Mystery of the Spanish Chest - 4 stars
Well I read this only 3 months ago and amazingly I’m enjoying it again so very soon
And now do I shelve this until I have to read the rest of the short stories as part of my challenge (I think its due December 2020 !!) , or shall I finish it now and read again in 2 years ha ha.
Well I decided to carry on, so ...
The Underdog - 4 stars
A great short story that again showcases Poirot's talents, and thus Ms Christie's talents.
Four and Twenty Blackbirds - 5 stars
This has to be, in my opinion one of Poirot's best short stories. In fact he's not even asked to investigate anything. Read it and find out what I mean.
The Dream - 4.5 stars
Another wonderful Poirot short, in which our hero again produces a rabbit out of the hat at the last minute.
Greenshaw's Folly -4.5 stars
Surprisingly enough the last "short" in this book is a Miss Marple story. Our darling Jane virtually solves the whole mystery from her armchair whilst knitting. Nephew and writer Raymond assists as Aunt Jane cuts through the red-herrings and gets straight to heart of the murder.
March 7, 2022
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Hercule Poirot #35), Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie's seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrees is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published on 24 October 1960. It is the only Christie first edition published in the UK that contains stories with both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, the writer's two most famous detectives. It comprises six cases.
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December 23, 2024
Hercule Poirot, book #25 consists of six short stories, five with Poirot and one with Miss Marple. And surprisingly for a short story collection (well, for me anyway), all five Poirot's are worth reading with some classic Poirot deductions and a lovely little Marple tale at the end. 6 out of 12, Three Stars for these festive detective reads
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March 16, 2025
Poirot hates Christmas.
Ok, no. Not really.
But he hates the idea of spending Christmas at an estate in the English countryside because he assumes it will be a cold, drafty nightmare. He wants heaters. And who can blame him for that?
Not me.
Bing Crosby can keep his White Christmas. I hate cold weather and could completely understand his reluctance.
Quite a bit of the time when I listen to one of these little short stories, they just aren't very satisfying. But The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding had some meat on the bone.
The gist is that a con woman tricked a high-profile prince (of somewhere), who is about to be married, into showing her the family jewels (literally and figuratively) and then stepped out for a pack of proverbial cigarettes.
They can't go to the police, because if his fiance and her family find out that he's been dipping his wick in another candle's flame, the engagement will be off - and his family isn't eager to live with the shame of an idiot son.
Spoilery things happen and then they eat some Christmas pudding. <--whateverthefuck that is! Sounded gross when the cook was describing it. Seriously. She made it like a week in advance. ON PURPOSE.
That doesn't sound sanitary.
Recommended!
Ok, no. Not really.
But he hates the idea of spending Christmas at an estate in the English countryside because he assumes it will be a cold, drafty nightmare. He wants heaters. And who can blame him for that?
Not me.
Bing Crosby can keep his White Christmas. I hate cold weather and could completely understand his reluctance.
Quite a bit of the time when I listen to one of these little short stories, they just aren't very satisfying. But The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding had some meat on the bone.
The gist is that a con woman tricked a high-profile prince (of somewhere), who is about to be married, into showing her the family jewels (literally and figuratively) and then stepped out for a pack of proverbial cigarettes.
They can't go to the police, because if his fiance and her family find out that he's been dipping his wick in another candle's flame, the engagement will be off - and his family isn't eager to live with the shame of an idiot son.
Spoilery things happen and then they eat some Christmas pudding. <--whateverthefuck that is! Sounded gross when the cook was describing it. Seriously. She made it like a week in advance. ON PURPOSE.
That doesn't sound sanitary.
Recommended!
December 15, 2023
The home stretch of my Poirot run! #33, and the story, “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” (a.k.a. The Theft of the Royal Ruby) is a light-hearted family tale set at Christmas-time, which I'll admit is not the kind of story I would typically go out of my way to read. Oh, it features a murder, of course, but hey, it’s Christmas, so it’s the least grisly murder mystery. The story is part of a short story collection, which I read quickly, not that interested in most of them, and not a mystery short story fan, but you know, I made a commitment to read all these Poirot books in order, so: check.
“The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” is really a novella, the first and longest in the collection. Hercules Poirot is invited to attend Christmas at a house where a ruby is missing. All the kids in the house challenge Poirot by setting up a subplot. Poirot solves the case and teaches the kids a lesson.
“The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” was the only one of the stories in this collection set during Christmas. In Christie’s foreword she explains how her childhood Christmases spent in Abney Hall inspired the story. As with many Christmas stories, it feels nostalgic and sentimental, a mystery directed to a perhaps younger audience, for the first time in my experience with Christie. The 70-year-old Christie, writing this in 1960, makes a couple digs at beatnik culture of the time evident in England. Dame Christie was clearly no beatnik, in case you were wondering. Christie’s characters here are forgettable, but she is ever the cleverest plot-master (she would prefer plot-mistress, I think), so the resolution of this little harmless story adds a star.
“The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” is really a novella, the first and longest in the collection. Hercules Poirot is invited to attend Christmas at a house where a ruby is missing. All the kids in the house challenge Poirot by setting up a subplot. Poirot solves the case and teaches the kids a lesson.
“The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” was the only one of the stories in this collection set during Christmas. In Christie’s foreword she explains how her childhood Christmases spent in Abney Hall inspired the story. As with many Christmas stories, it feels nostalgic and sentimental, a mystery directed to a perhaps younger audience, for the first time in my experience with Christie. The 70-year-old Christie, writing this in 1960, makes a couple digs at beatnik culture of the time evident in England. Dame Christie was clearly no beatnik, in case you were wondering. Christie’s characters here are forgettable, but she is ever the cleverest plot-master (she would prefer plot-mistress, I think), so the resolution of this little harmless story adds a star.
December 12, 2021
As this time of the year arrived, I thought of reading something christmasy. I don’t always bother but when I came across this novel by the crime queen the idea of of a Christmas book that combined plum puddings and murder --or something like it-- appeared very intriguing.
This was a lighter read than I expected. So light that it has made perfect reading while queuing for my booster doses early this morning:light and charming, even if the plot is somewhat predictable and some dialogues give too much away. But inserting Poirot in a quintessential English environment is delightfully done.
My edition begins with the note that this was first published in 1923 and later modified. Christie then had written this story when she was still married to her first husband. And yet, later in the novel there is a reference to “watching too much TV” and at towards the end there is another to a “Mesopotamian cosmetic box”. Both elements surprised me. Not only was there no TV around in 1923 but also Christie’s interest in archaeological items dates from her second marriage. So, I did a bit of investigation, obviously inspired by Poirot, and found that in wiki this story is recorded as first published in 1960, part of a collection.
I was reading then the revised version. Mystery solved.
October 24, 2022
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Watch "Hercule Poirot S03E09 - VF 1080p - Christmas Pudding" on YouTube
August 5, 2019
A collection of six short stories, five of then featuring Hercule Poirot and one with Miss Marple. The first story -The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is Christie's tribute to the wonderful time she had during Christmas time at her brother in laws house. The last story Greenshaw's folly is the one Christie wrote to raise money for her local church. Compared to her other stories, the plots here are weaker but they still hold your attention. Average read
April 20, 2023
In the longish short story The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Agatha Christie has given us a little Christmas treat. No only is this whodunnit entertaining, but it is easy to solve! For readers who (like me) enjoy detective stories, but are carried along by every red herring, and never guess the ending—even when they have read or watched it before—this is surprisingly obvious and satisfying.
Agatha Christie seems well aware of her Christmas gift to us. In the introduction to a collection of short stories, she says:
“The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is an indulgence of my own, since it recalls to me, very pleasurably, the Christmases of my youth … What a day of delight from ‘Stockings’ in bed in the morning, Church and all the Christmas hymns, Christmas dinner, Presents, and the final Lighting of the Christmas Tree!”
She recalls that after her father’s death, she and her mother had always spent Christmas with her brother-in-law’s family in the north of England, at “Abney Hall”, an immense country house. She reminisces fondly:
“The Christmas fare was of gargantuan proportions. I was a skinny child, appearing delicate, but actually of robust health and perpetually hungry! The boys of the family and I used to vie with each other as to who could eat most on Christmas Day. Oyster Soup and Turbot went down without undue zest, but then came Roast Turkey, Boiled Turkey and an enormous Sirloin of Beef. The boys and I had two helpings of all three! We then had Plum Pudding, Mince-pies, Trifle and every kind of dessert. During the afternoon we ate chocolates solidly. We neither felt, nor were, sick! How lovely to be eleven years old and greedy!”
As we read the story, we see that Agatha Christie has indeed included many details of the festivities she remembers from her Christmases at “Abney Hall”, all those years ago. This is a late story from 1960, although it has been extended from an earlier story first published for the Christmas of 1923, and she is full of nostalgia for the Christmases of her childhood. We see too, that the characters in the story are also recalling past times, and feeling regret. There are several references to things not being how they used to be:
“the real old-fashioned type of Christmas. People spend it at hotels nowadays. But an English Christmas with all the family gathered round, the children and their stockings, the Christmas tree, the turkey and plum pudding, the crackers. The snowman outside the window ... ”
Hercule Poirot treasures his own memories—but above all he values his own comfort. The story begins:
“I regret exceedingly— ”
M. Hercule Poirot decidedly does not want to leave his own apartment, even when there are grave issues of State, and he is appealed to for help by “the highest quarters”.
A certain Mr. Jesmond is acting on behalf of a young eastern prince, who accompanies him, and is soon to be married to a cousin. The prince has brought several expensive jewels to London, to be reset in a more modern style of jewellery by Cartier. However the prince is young and inexperienced. When he meets an attractive young woman, he takes her out for a meal, and instead of buying her a trinket to thank her, lets her wear a fabulous ruby from his collection. During the course of the evening, the young woman disappears—and so does the ruby. Mr. Jesmond tells Poirot that if the jewel cannot be retrieved, there will be a national scandal. The situation is far too delicate to involve the police, so Mr. Jesmond has a plan.
We are not privy to this plan, but it involves an old English country house called Kings Lacey. Once Poirot is there, Mr. Jesmond knows that he will be able to locate the fabulous jewel. Mr. Jesmond is acquainted with the hostess, Mrs. Lacey. He is sure that when she is told Poirot’s cover story—that he is keen to experience a traditional Christmas in an English country house—it will easy to arrange for him to be invited as a guest. He stresses that she will be particularly motivated to invite Poirot, as she has a little problem she would like Poirot’s opinion on: namely the suitability of a young man her granddaughter has taken up with. She and her husband are the young woman’s guardians, and the young woman is destined to become very wealthy when she comes of age. Mr. Jesmond continues to try to make the idea tempting, but:
“Poirot shivered. The thought of a fourteenth-century English manor house filled him with apprehension. He had suffered too often in the historic country houses of England. He looked round appreciatively at his comfortable modern flat with its radiators and the latest patent devices for excluding any kind of draught.
“In the winter,” he said firmly, “I do not leave London.””
Poirot is only eventually won round when Mr. Jesmond describes all the plentiful traditional food—and the fact that Mrs. Lacey has insisted on having central heating and every modern convenience installed in her stately home.
The elderly Mrs. Lacey proves to be a welcoming hostess, and on Christmas Eve, at Kings Lacey, she tells Poirot about the old-fashioned Christmas she has planned:
“All the same old things, the Christmas tree and the stockings hung up and the oyster soup and the turkey—two turkeys, one boiled and one roast—and the plum pudding with the ring and the bachelor’s button and all the rest of it in it. We can’t have sixpences nowadays because they’re not pure silver any more. But all the old desserts, the Elvas plums and Carlsbad plums and almonds and raisins, and crystallized fruit and ginger …”
She also lets Poirot know about the other members of their house party. As well as her husband, Colonel Lacey, there is Sarah, the granddaughter whom Poirot has been told about. Her father had been their son Colin, who had been killed in the war. There is also a teenage grandson by their daughter, Michael, who had been a friend of Colin’s at school; Bridget who is the same age as Colin and Michael, and is a great niece of Mrs Lacey’s; Diana Middleton, a young cousin of Mrs Lacey’s; and David Welwyn who is a family friend. Mrs. Lacey fondly hopes that David will be Sarah’s chosen sweetheart, as she considers him a far better match.
Hesitating, Mrs. Lacey confides in Poirot her worries about Sarah’s relationship with Desmond Lee-Wortley, a young man with a dubious reputation. She and the Colonel both think him unsuitable for their granddaughter and have invited him to join them for Christmas, in the hope that a few days’ close contact with Sarah will show her how unsuitable he is, particularly in contrast to David Welwyn who has been friends with Sarah since childhood. Apparently Desmond Lee-Wortley is there already with his sister, who is recovering from an operation and is confined to her room, convalescing. Mrs Lacey considers that this solicitude for his sister is a point in his favour, but would still very much like Poirot’s opinions on the matter.
Colin, Michael, and Bridget are typical well-to-do youngsters of their time. They are disappointed that the great Hercule Poirot does not match up to what a detective should look like, in their eyes. We also see that Desmond Lee-Wortley is impatient with these old-fashioned festivities, and just wants to escape to the pub with Sarah, who is clearly in two minds about it.
The children decide to prepare a Christmas treat for Hercule Poirot. He is to remember this the next day, as they all enjoy a magnificent Christmas dinner, including the traditional plum pudding with all the tokens and charms inside:
“A large football of a pudding, a piece of holly stuck in it like a triumphant flag and glorious flames of blue and red rising round it. There was a cheer and cries of ‘Ooh-ah.’
… Mrs. Lacey had … prevailed upon Peverell to place the pudding in front of her so that she could help it rather than hand it in turn round the table. She breathed a sigh of relief as it was deposited safely in front of her. Rapidly the plates were passed round, flames still licking the portions … Operation Pudding had been a success.”
All the guests enjoy their pudding and hard brandy sauce, and each find a charm in their portion. Poirot gets the bachelor’s button, and others discover a ring, or a thimble, or a pig, or a gold ten-shilling piece.
Afterwards, Poirot makes a point of visiting the kitchen to compliment the cook, Mrs. Ross, on the meal—and particularly the pudding. She tell him that four had been made as usual, including two large ones, for that day and New Year’s Day. However due to the ornamental basin for the Christmas Day pudding having been dropped, the pudding for New Year had been substituted.
Poirot is pleased, and asks the maid what she would most like as a present. She asks for a vanity box.
The story ends most surprisingly, with Bridget kissing Poirot under the mistletoe.
It is a lovely little entertainment for the Christmas season, as long as the reader is forgiving as to the time and class. For instance the cook Mrs. Ross is described as “nobly built with all the dignity of a stage duchess”—but the author does not afford her character the same respect as she does the hostess. Her stately appearance belies her position, and is thought amusing. Her assistants are “mere myrmidons. Mrs. Ross was the queen of the kitchen quarters”. The housemaid Annie is referred to: “on the floor, busy with a dustpan and brush ... a tow-headed creature in a flowered overall.” and in the next sentence, sarcastically, as an “补辫辫补谤颈迟颈辞苍”.
It seems significant that Agatha Christie only pokes fun at the domestics in this story. The author’s sympathies clearly lie with the wealthy hosts, keen to deter their daughter from choosing a beau from a lower class. But if you can read the story with the eyes of her audience at the time, you will probably enjoy it.
This expanded version of The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding from December 1960 was also published under the title of “The Theft of the Royal Ruby” in the United States a year later, with some slight revisions.
In the UK, it is also included in “While the Light Lasts and Other Stories” a collection from 1997, under a third title: “Christmas Adventure”. The original shorter version was first printed in book form in the UK in two collections: “Problem at Pollensa Bay and Christmas Adventure” in 1943, and “ Poirot Knows the Murderer” in 1946. The original shorter version has never been published in America.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is the title story of a collection of six, entitled “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding And Other Stories”, which is reviewed separately. It has been adapted by the BBC, both for television as “The Theft of the Royal Ruby”, as part of the series “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” with David Suchet playing the role of Hercule Poirot, and for Radio 4 in 2004 starring John Moffatt as Poirot.
Agatha Christie seems well aware of her Christmas gift to us. In the introduction to a collection of short stories, she says:
“The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is an indulgence of my own, since it recalls to me, very pleasurably, the Christmases of my youth … What a day of delight from ‘Stockings’ in bed in the morning, Church and all the Christmas hymns, Christmas dinner, Presents, and the final Lighting of the Christmas Tree!”
She recalls that after her father’s death, she and her mother had always spent Christmas with her brother-in-law’s family in the north of England, at “Abney Hall”, an immense country house. She reminisces fondly:
“The Christmas fare was of gargantuan proportions. I was a skinny child, appearing delicate, but actually of robust health and perpetually hungry! The boys of the family and I used to vie with each other as to who could eat most on Christmas Day. Oyster Soup and Turbot went down without undue zest, but then came Roast Turkey, Boiled Turkey and an enormous Sirloin of Beef. The boys and I had two helpings of all three! We then had Plum Pudding, Mince-pies, Trifle and every kind of dessert. During the afternoon we ate chocolates solidly. We neither felt, nor were, sick! How lovely to be eleven years old and greedy!”
As we read the story, we see that Agatha Christie has indeed included many details of the festivities she remembers from her Christmases at “Abney Hall”, all those years ago. This is a late story from 1960, although it has been extended from an earlier story first published for the Christmas of 1923, and she is full of nostalgia for the Christmases of her childhood. We see too, that the characters in the story are also recalling past times, and feeling regret. There are several references to things not being how they used to be:
“the real old-fashioned type of Christmas. People spend it at hotels nowadays. But an English Christmas with all the family gathered round, the children and their stockings, the Christmas tree, the turkey and plum pudding, the crackers. The snowman outside the window ... ”
Hercule Poirot treasures his own memories—but above all he values his own comfort. The story begins:
“I regret exceedingly— ”
M. Hercule Poirot decidedly does not want to leave his own apartment, even when there are grave issues of State, and he is appealed to for help by “the highest quarters”.
A certain Mr. Jesmond is acting on behalf of a young eastern prince, who accompanies him, and is soon to be married to a cousin. The prince has brought several expensive jewels to London, to be reset in a more modern style of jewellery by Cartier. However the prince is young and inexperienced. When he meets an attractive young woman, he takes her out for a meal, and instead of buying her a trinket to thank her, lets her wear a fabulous ruby from his collection. During the course of the evening, the young woman disappears—and so does the ruby. Mr. Jesmond tells Poirot that if the jewel cannot be retrieved, there will be a national scandal. The situation is far too delicate to involve the police, so Mr. Jesmond has a plan.
We are not privy to this plan, but it involves an old English country house called Kings Lacey. Once Poirot is there, Mr. Jesmond knows that he will be able to locate the fabulous jewel. Mr. Jesmond is acquainted with the hostess, Mrs. Lacey. He is sure that when she is told Poirot’s cover story—that he is keen to experience a traditional Christmas in an English country house—it will easy to arrange for him to be invited as a guest. He stresses that she will be particularly motivated to invite Poirot, as she has a little problem she would like Poirot’s opinion on: namely the suitability of a young man her granddaughter has taken up with. She and her husband are the young woman’s guardians, and the young woman is destined to become very wealthy when she comes of age. Mr. Jesmond continues to try to make the idea tempting, but:
“Poirot shivered. The thought of a fourteenth-century English manor house filled him with apprehension. He had suffered too often in the historic country houses of England. He looked round appreciatively at his comfortable modern flat with its radiators and the latest patent devices for excluding any kind of draught.
“In the winter,” he said firmly, “I do not leave London.””
Poirot is only eventually won round when Mr. Jesmond describes all the plentiful traditional food—and the fact that Mrs. Lacey has insisted on having central heating and every modern convenience installed in her stately home.
The elderly Mrs. Lacey proves to be a welcoming hostess, and on Christmas Eve, at Kings Lacey, she tells Poirot about the old-fashioned Christmas she has planned:
“All the same old things, the Christmas tree and the stockings hung up and the oyster soup and the turkey—two turkeys, one boiled and one roast—and the plum pudding with the ring and the bachelor’s button and all the rest of it in it. We can’t have sixpences nowadays because they’re not pure silver any more. But all the old desserts, the Elvas plums and Carlsbad plums and almonds and raisins, and crystallized fruit and ginger …”
She also lets Poirot know about the other members of their house party. As well as her husband, Colonel Lacey, there is Sarah, the granddaughter whom Poirot has been told about. Her father had been their son Colin, who had been killed in the war. There is also a teenage grandson by their daughter, Michael, who had been a friend of Colin’s at school; Bridget who is the same age as Colin and Michael, and is a great niece of Mrs Lacey’s; Diana Middleton, a young cousin of Mrs Lacey’s; and David Welwyn who is a family friend. Mrs. Lacey fondly hopes that David will be Sarah’s chosen sweetheart, as she considers him a far better match.
Hesitating, Mrs. Lacey confides in Poirot her worries about Sarah’s relationship with Desmond Lee-Wortley, a young man with a dubious reputation. She and the Colonel both think him unsuitable for their granddaughter and have invited him to join them for Christmas, in the hope that a few days’ close contact with Sarah will show her how unsuitable he is, particularly in contrast to David Welwyn who has been friends with Sarah since childhood. Apparently Desmond Lee-Wortley is there already with his sister, who is recovering from an operation and is confined to her room, convalescing. Mrs Lacey considers that this solicitude for his sister is a point in his favour, but would still very much like Poirot’s opinions on the matter.
Colin, Michael, and Bridget are typical well-to-do youngsters of their time. They are disappointed that the great Hercule Poirot does not match up to what a detective should look like, in their eyes. We also see that Desmond Lee-Wortley is impatient with these old-fashioned festivities, and just wants to escape to the pub with Sarah, who is clearly in two minds about it.
The children decide to prepare a Christmas treat for Hercule Poirot. He is to remember this the next day, as they all enjoy a magnificent Christmas dinner, including the traditional plum pudding with all the tokens and charms inside:
“A large football of a pudding, a piece of holly stuck in it like a triumphant flag and glorious flames of blue and red rising round it. There was a cheer and cries of ‘Ooh-ah.’
… Mrs. Lacey had … prevailed upon Peverell to place the pudding in front of her so that she could help it rather than hand it in turn round the table. She breathed a sigh of relief as it was deposited safely in front of her. Rapidly the plates were passed round, flames still licking the portions … Operation Pudding had been a success.”
All the guests enjoy their pudding and hard brandy sauce, and each find a charm in their portion. Poirot gets the bachelor’s button, and others discover a ring, or a thimble, or a pig, or a gold ten-shilling piece.
Afterwards, Poirot makes a point of visiting the kitchen to compliment the cook, Mrs. Ross, on the meal—and particularly the pudding. She tell him that four had been made as usual, including two large ones, for that day and New Year’s Day. However due to the ornamental basin for the Christmas Day pudding having been dropped, the pudding for New Year had been substituted.
Poirot is pleased, and asks the maid what she would most like as a present. She asks for a vanity box.
The story ends most surprisingly, with Bridget kissing Poirot under the mistletoe.
It is a lovely little entertainment for the Christmas season, as long as the reader is forgiving as to the time and class. For instance the cook Mrs. Ross is described as “nobly built with all the dignity of a stage duchess”—but the author does not afford her character the same respect as she does the hostess. Her stately appearance belies her position, and is thought amusing. Her assistants are “mere myrmidons. Mrs. Ross was the queen of the kitchen quarters”. The housemaid Annie is referred to: “on the floor, busy with a dustpan and brush ... a tow-headed creature in a flowered overall.” and in the next sentence, sarcastically, as an “补辫辫补谤颈迟颈辞苍”.
It seems significant that Agatha Christie only pokes fun at the domestics in this story. The author’s sympathies clearly lie with the wealthy hosts, keen to deter their daughter from choosing a beau from a lower class. But if you can read the story with the eyes of her audience at the time, you will probably enjoy it.
This expanded version of The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding from December 1960 was also published under the title of “The Theft of the Royal Ruby” in the United States a year later, with some slight revisions.
In the UK, it is also included in “While the Light Lasts and Other Stories” a collection from 1997, under a third title: “Christmas Adventure”. The original shorter version was first printed in book form in the UK in two collections: “Problem at Pollensa Bay and Christmas Adventure” in 1943, and “ Poirot Knows the Murderer” in 1946. The original shorter version has never been published in America.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is the title story of a collection of six, entitled “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding And Other Stories”, which is reviewed separately. It has been adapted by the BBC, both for television as “The Theft of the Royal Ruby”, as part of the series “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” with David Suchet playing the role of Hercule Poirot, and for Radio 4 in 2004 starring John Moffatt as Poirot.
December 31, 2022
I kind of love that my reading year 2022 closes with Dame Christie, Poirot and Jane Marple. This volume had several short stories with really only the first with a Christmas connection. I can't even say the others were set in winter. Still, these were very good. Thoughts on each tomorrow. Recommended.
March 9, 2020
While working my way through Agatha Christie's works in publication order, this particular short story has me facing a conundrum. This tale was first published as Christmas Adventure in Sketch Magazine on December 12, 1923. It was later re-published in an expanded short novella form as The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. The later version expands the plot, changes character names, etc. I wanted to read the original version of the story before delving into the longer 1960's version....but it seems the original story has only been re-published in one UK anthology, While the Light Lasts and Other Stories. In the US this was published as The Harlequin Tea Set and Other stories. BUT....the Harlequin Tea Set collection did not include Christmas Adventure. So each time I search for the UK story collection, the search pulls up Harlequin Tea Set instead.....
ARGH!!!
So I turned to my local library....found an anthology "The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot" which includes all the early Poirot stories. But.....instead of Christmas Adventure (the version published first in 1923)...it includes The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. Foiled again! So I turned to Amazon...they used to sell an ebook version of Christmas Adventure published in 2014. It now says "unavailable.'' Tried to find the ebook on a UK or Australian site.....all say unavailable.
So, it looks like I am going to have to read the revised, longer edition of this story until I can get my hands on a copy of While The Light Lasts and Other Stories. And so far, I have only been able to find copies on Ebay.
Really??? LOL I even tried Internet Archive/Open Library. No luck there either.
So....I have put While the Light Lasts and Other Stories at the top of my "must buy a used copy of this ASAP" list...and I'm having pudding.....sigh. I will backtrack at a later date and read the original story.
Now to actually review the story...
Poirot isn't too keen on spending Christmas at an English country house. But after the the promise of modern conveniences (such as radiators and central heating), good food, and a mystery to solve, he travels to Kings Lacey for an old fashioned English holiday......and a stolen ruby in the plum pudding.
I enjoyed this holiday tale immensely (despite its not being the original story). Poirot did some sleuthing, enjoyed the festivities, and in the end, he decided it was quite the enjoyable holiday. Cute story! Interesting mystery! :)
This re-vamped story is also known as "The Theft of the Royal Ruby.'' It was under this name that the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot adapted the story for television (Season 3, Episode 8). While the story is still delightful, I think the adaptation changed some of the best parts of the story and some characters were expanded that may have been better left as side notes. Still an enjoyable episode, but just not quite the same as the original story.
I'm still very curious about the shorter, original version of this story.... I will read and review it as soon as I have chased down a copy. :)
On to the next story -- The Lemesurier Inheiritance!
ARGH!!!
So I turned to my local library....found an anthology "The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot" which includes all the early Poirot stories. But.....instead of Christmas Adventure (the version published first in 1923)...it includes The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. Foiled again! So I turned to Amazon...they used to sell an ebook version of Christmas Adventure published in 2014. It now says "unavailable.'' Tried to find the ebook on a UK or Australian site.....all say unavailable.
So, it looks like I am going to have to read the revised, longer edition of this story until I can get my hands on a copy of While The Light Lasts and Other Stories. And so far, I have only been able to find copies on Ebay.
Really??? LOL I even tried Internet Archive/Open Library. No luck there either.
So....I have put While the Light Lasts and Other Stories at the top of my "must buy a used copy of this ASAP" list...and I'm having pudding.....sigh. I will backtrack at a later date and read the original story.
Now to actually review the story...
Poirot isn't too keen on spending Christmas at an English country house. But after the the promise of modern conveniences (such as radiators and central heating), good food, and a mystery to solve, he travels to Kings Lacey for an old fashioned English holiday......and a stolen ruby in the plum pudding.
I enjoyed this holiday tale immensely (despite its not being the original story). Poirot did some sleuthing, enjoyed the festivities, and in the end, he decided it was quite the enjoyable holiday. Cute story! Interesting mystery! :)
This re-vamped story is also known as "The Theft of the Royal Ruby.'' It was under this name that the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot adapted the story for television (Season 3, Episode 8). While the story is still delightful, I think the adaptation changed some of the best parts of the story and some characters were expanded that may have been better left as side notes. Still an enjoyable episode, but just not quite the same as the original story.
I'm still very curious about the shorter, original version of this story.... I will read and review it as soon as I have chased down a copy. :)
On to the next story -- The Lemesurier Inheiritance!
November 19, 2021
”It is a problem certainly, that Christmas plum pudding. There is here something that I do not understand at all.”
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is a 1960 shorty mystery set at an English country house over Christmas. The mystery is full of surprises and Poirot’s amusing observations all with a backdrop of holidays festivities.
Poirot anticipates a period of peace and repose alone over Christmas. However, when a foolish prince has his heirloom ruby stolen by his date, he turns to Poirot to retrieve it to avoid a scandal. Poirot’s investigation leads him to accept an arranged invitation to stay at Kings Lacey, an English country house.
Poirot arrives at the house ablaze with holiday trimmings and guests. Not to mention the promise of “oil-fired central heating.” Immediately, Mrs. Lacey presses him to uncover useful information about a man with a poor reputation whom her granddaughter has brought home and plans to marry. This man brought his convalescing sister too. Add in three young teens planning a murder show for Poirot and a family friend in love with the granddaughter, and it makes for a lively time.
I loved this mystery. Poirot was at his delightful best! He was a step ahead everyone and often amusing in his observations. Although astute readers may guess the identity of the culprit, just know the real story is about how the mystery unfolds, the surprises, and the quite justice served.
After I finished the story, I watched the corresponding film adaption. Its title is different from the story. The Theft of the Royal Ruby fell below the book’s quality. Thankfully, I read the book first or I might have skipped it based on my feelings for the film. In the film, the house was a modern museum-like place without snow. It was missing the subtle humor the text held. The details of the story were moderately altered (and not for the better). And the ill-mannered prince had too much screen time; I liked how he was regulated to the very beginning in the book.
My AG favorites are from the golden age period, but this 1960s story matched all the elements I enjoy best. If you relish an old-fashioned mystery steeped in Christmas traditions and cheer, check this out.
This title is part of the hoopla through the month of November. Note: This title only contains the 53-page mystery, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, and it does not have the other short stories reviewer’s mention.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is a 1960 shorty mystery set at an English country house over Christmas. The mystery is full of surprises and Poirot’s amusing observations all with a backdrop of holidays festivities.
Poirot anticipates a period of peace and repose alone over Christmas. However, when a foolish prince has his heirloom ruby stolen by his date, he turns to Poirot to retrieve it to avoid a scandal. Poirot’s investigation leads him to accept an arranged invitation to stay at Kings Lacey, an English country house.
Poirot arrives at the house ablaze with holiday trimmings and guests. Not to mention the promise of “oil-fired central heating.” Immediately, Mrs. Lacey presses him to uncover useful information about a man with a poor reputation whom her granddaughter has brought home and plans to marry. This man brought his convalescing sister too. Add in three young teens planning a murder show for Poirot and a family friend in love with the granddaughter, and it makes for a lively time.
I loved this mystery. Poirot was at his delightful best! He was a step ahead everyone and often amusing in his observations. Although astute readers may guess the identity of the culprit, just know the real story is about how the mystery unfolds, the surprises, and the quite justice served.
After I finished the story, I watched the corresponding film adaption. Its title is different from the story. The Theft of the Royal Ruby fell below the book’s quality. Thankfully, I read the book first or I might have skipped it based on my feelings for the film. In the film, the house was a modern museum-like place without snow. It was missing the subtle humor the text held. The details of the story were moderately altered (and not for the better). And the ill-mannered prince had too much screen time; I liked how he was regulated to the very beginning in the book.
My AG favorites are from the golden age period, but this 1960s story matched all the elements I enjoy best. If you relish an old-fashioned mystery steeped in Christmas traditions and cheer, check this out.
This title is part of the hoopla through the month of November. Note: This title only contains the 53-page mystery, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, and it does not have the other short stories reviewer’s mention.
March 15, 2017
A short story collection featuring 6 stories incl The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding,
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, The Under Dog, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, The Dream and Greenshaw's Folly.
All the stories were good. But of all the stories, The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, The Under Dog ,The Dream and Greenshaw's Folly really stood out. The plot, the characters and the main mystery, all were truly excellent and unique. If you are a Poirot fan and if you enjoy short stories, you will surely enjoy this one.
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, The Under Dog, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, The Dream and Greenshaw's Folly.
All the stories were good. But of all the stories, The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, The Under Dog ,The Dream and Greenshaw's Folly really stood out. The plot, the characters and the main mystery, all were truly excellent and unique. If you are a Poirot fan and if you enjoy short stories, you will surely enjoy this one.
February 6, 2017
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October 9, 2015
A nice little collection of short stories, mostly starring Hercule Poirot and one about Miss Marple. The title story about the Christmas pudding was the best one with a clever idea and a number of possible murderers. A couple of the other stories were not so effective. I must admit I do not really enjoy short stories. I always feel they stop just when I want them to get going. These ones however were not bad!
February 11, 2024
Πρ?κειται για μια εξαντλημ?νη στα ελληνικ? συλλογ? απ? ιστορ?ε? τη? Κρ?στι με ?ρωα, μ?νο, τον πασ?γνωστο ντετ?κτιβ Ηρακλ? Πουαρ?, ?που εν? εξιτ?ρουν τον αναγν?στη δεν πε?θουν ?λε? για την αληθοφ?νει? του?.
Η συλλογ? ε?ναι αρκετ? ενδιαφ?ρουσα και γοητευτικ?, ωστ?σο, οι πιο σημαντικ?? ιστορ?ε? ε?ναι 'Το μυστ?ριο τη? Ισπανικ?? κασ?λα?', η οπο?α θεωρε?ται απ? τι? δυσκολ?τερε? και πιο αγαπημ?νε? υποθ?σει? του Πουαρ? (σε αυτ?ν γνωρ?ζει τον συνταγματ?ρχη Ρη? που, αργ?τερα, τον βοηθ? στο 'Εγκλημα στο Νε?λο') και 'Ο αποδιοπομπα?ο?' ?που η Κρ?στι (και κατ'επ?κταση ο Πουαρ?) χρησιμοποιε? τη τ?χνη τη? ?πνωση? ω? καινοτομικ? στοιχε?ο για τη διαλε?κανση του εγκλ?ματο?.
Οφε?λω να ομολογ?σω ?τι, εν? ω? καλοκαιριν? αν?γνωσμα ταιρι?ζει 'γ?ντι', συγκριτικ? με τι? υπ?λοιπε? συλλογ?? ιστορι?ν τη? συγγραφ?α, υπολε?πεται σημαντικ?.
Βαθμολογ?α: 3,8/5 ? 7,6/10.
Η συλλογ? ε?ναι αρκετ? ενδιαφ?ρουσα και γοητευτικ?, ωστ?σο, οι πιο σημαντικ?? ιστορ?ε? ε?ναι 'Το μυστ?ριο τη? Ισπανικ?? κασ?λα?', η οπο?α θεωρε?ται απ? τι? δυσκολ?τερε? και πιο αγαπημ?νε? υποθ?σει? του Πουαρ? (σε αυτ?ν γνωρ?ζει τον συνταγματ?ρχη Ρη? που, αργ?τερα, τον βοηθ? στο 'Εγκλημα στο Νε?λο') και 'Ο αποδιοπομπα?ο?' ?που η Κρ?στι (και κατ'επ?κταση ο Πουαρ?) χρησιμοποιε? τη τ?χνη τη? ?πνωση? ω? καινοτομικ? στοιχε?ο για τη διαλε?κανση του εγκλ?ματο?.
Οφε?λω να ομολογ?σω ?τι, εν? ω? καλοκαιριν? αν?γνωσμα ταιρι?ζει 'γ?ντι', συγκριτικ? με τι? υπ?λοιπε? συλλογ?? ιστορι?ν τη? συγγραφ?α, υπολε?πεται σημαντικ?.
Βαθμολογ?α: 3,8/5 ? 7,6/10.
December 28, 2018
3.5 STARS.
This book comprised 6 short stories- 5 with Hercule Poirot and one with Miss Marple. The only Christmas story was the first- The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding. Light quick read- perfect for the pre Christmas madness cause if you are like me it is difficult to concentrate at this time of the year.
I always enjoy the way both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple’s minds work.
Enjoyable read!
This book comprised 6 short stories- 5 with Hercule Poirot and one with Miss Marple. The only Christmas story was the first- The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding. Light quick read- perfect for the pre Christmas madness cause if you are like me it is difficult to concentrate at this time of the year.
I always enjoy the way both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple’s minds work.
Enjoyable read!
December 18, 2024
Nothing better than Christmas and murder ??
December 24, 2021
Un relato corto la mar de entretenido protagonizado por el genial Poirot. Ideal para leer en estas fechas.
December 27, 2018
"....but by all accounts you are not a fool, eh, M. Poirot?"
He laughed breezily.
"Those who have thought so have been sadly mistaken," said Poirot placidly.
Hercule Poirot is once again on the case, or cases, shall we say. In this collection of six short stories Poirot is back and just as eager as ever to keep investigating. Wether in a countryside manor or in the city, where murder is concerned, Poirot is the goods.
The year is winding down and I wanted to have one last adventure with my favorite detective before the year is out. Featuring five short stories with Poirot and one with Jane Marple, this collection is the perfect read for me as usually around the holidays I have less time to read than usual. Originally published in 1960, this is one of Christie's "later" publications. While I find the earlier publications better, this collection had the distinct personality and mannerisms of both Poirot and Marple and the same charm of Christie on every page. The standout story for me is the book title, 'The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding'. I love the setting, characters and build-up to the reveal. I especially like how particular Poirot has become. Generally speaking, I enjoyed all these stories and found the collection to be more than a pleasent read.
He laughed breezily.
"Those who have thought so have been sadly mistaken," said Poirot placidly.
Hercule Poirot is once again on the case, or cases, shall we say. In this collection of six short stories Poirot is back and just as eager as ever to keep investigating. Wether in a countryside manor or in the city, where murder is concerned, Poirot is the goods.
The year is winding down and I wanted to have one last adventure with my favorite detective before the year is out. Featuring five short stories with Poirot and one with Jane Marple, this collection is the perfect read for me as usually around the holidays I have less time to read than usual. Originally published in 1960, this is one of Christie's "later" publications. While I find the earlier publications better, this collection had the distinct personality and mannerisms of both Poirot and Marple and the same charm of Christie on every page. The standout story for me is the book title, 'The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding'. I love the setting, characters and build-up to the reveal. I especially like how particular Poirot has become. Generally speaking, I enjoyed all these stories and found the collection to be more than a pleasent read.
December 10, 2018
"This book of Christmas fare may be described as “The Chef’s Selection.” I am the Chef!”
In the foreword by Agatha Christie, we are presented with two main courses, a selection of entrees, and a sorbet, all in the shape of short stories. These shorter formats are not usually my favourite fare but these were easy to consume, even if some were tastier than others :O)
* The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (a.k.a The Theft of the Royal Ruby)
* The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
* The Under Dog
* Four and Twenty Blackbirds
* The Dream
* Greenshaw’s Folly
Oh and if you get a copy, don’t forget to read that foreword. In it, Christie describes the Christmases of her youth :O)
In the foreword by Agatha Christie, we are presented with two main courses, a selection of entrees, and a sorbet, all in the shape of short stories. These shorter formats are not usually my favourite fare but these were easy to consume, even if some were tastier than others :O)
* The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (a.k.a The Theft of the Royal Ruby)
* The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
* The Under Dog
* Four and Twenty Blackbirds
* The Dream
* Greenshaw’s Folly
Oh and if you get a copy, don’t forget to read that foreword. In it, Christie describes the Christmases of her youth :O)
January 6, 2021
4.5 ΑΣΤΕΡΑΚΙΑ
Η περιπ?τεια τη? Χριστουγεννι?τικη? πουτ?γκα? ε?ναι μια συλλογ? απ? ?ξι σ?ντομε? ιστορ?ε? μυστηρ?ου που φυσικ? πρωταγωνιστικ? ρ?λο κατ?χει ο Ηρακλ?? Πουαρ?. Προσωπικ? ?ταν η πρ?τη μου επαφ? με την συγγραφ?α Αγκ?θα Κρ?στι και σ?γουρα δεν θα ε?ναι η τελευτα?α! Χα?ρομαι που ?χω ?δη κι ?λλα βιβλ?α τη? στη κατοχ? μου! Α? αρχ?σουμε σ?ντομε? μικρ?? κριτικ?? για την κ?θε ιστορ?α.
Η πρ?τη ?ταν με διαφορ? η αγαπημ?νη μου και η πιο ευχ?ριστη ?σω?. Διαδραματ?ζεται στην αγγλικ? εξοχ? , στην οπο?α πηγα?νει undercover σαν καλεσμ?νο?, ωστ?σο ο σκοπ?? ε?ναι να εξιχνι?σει ?να μυστ?ριο. Μια παρ?α προσπαθε? ταυτ?χρονα να του στ?σει ?να θεατρικ? - μυστ?ριο μια? που γνωρ?ζουν την ιδι?τητα του ω? ντεντ?κτιβ. Το συγκεκριμ?νο δι?γημα το απ?λαυσα τ?σο πολ?! Ε?χε μυστ?ριο , αλλ? και μια γιορτιν?, παιχνιδι?ρικη ταυτ?χρονα δι?θεση. Υπ?ροχη ιστορ?α για να την διαβ?σετε την περ?οδο των Χριστουγ?ννων! (5 STARS)
Το μυστ?ριο τη? ισπανικ?? κασ?λα? μπορ? να πω πω? δεν ?ταν η πιο αγαπημ?νη μου ιστορ?α. Η ιστορ?α ?χει να κ?νει με ?να πτ?μα που βρ?θηκε μ?σα σε μια ισπανικ? κασ?λα , απ? τον μπ?τλερ. ?να π?ρτι εξελισσ?ταν στο σπ?τι εκε?νο το προηγο?μενο βρ?δυ. Ενδιαφ?ρουσα πλοκ?, ωστ?σο, κ?τι μου ?λειπε και δεν ε?μαι σ?γουρη τι ?ταν. ?σω? το γεγον?? ?τι δεν κατ?λαβα το κ?νητρο ? ?τι ο δολοφ?νο? μου φ?νηκε παρ?ξενο?. (4 STARS)
Η τρ?τη ιστορ?α ?ταν πολ? ωρα?α. Ε?χε το κατ?λληλο vibe για μια δολοφον?α που συμβα?νει σε ?ναν π?ργο. Ατμοσφαιρικ? θα ?λεγα. Μπ?τλερ, κληρον?μοι, υπ?λληλοι, χ?ρα, πολλο? ?ποπτοι, ?να? μ?νο ο δολοφ?νο?. Τι να συν?βη ?ραγε; Μια ιστορ?α που με κρ?τησε σε αγων?α , καθ?? δεν μπορο?σα να φανταστ? τον πραγματικ? δολοφ?νο. ?λοι ?ταν ?ποπτοι, μα κ?ποιοι λ?γο παραπ?νω. Ανατρεπτικ? και απολαυστικ?! (4.5 STARS)
Η τ?ταρτη ιστορ?α επ?ση? μια απ? τι? αγαπημ?νε? μου. Αν και δεν κατε?χε την ατμοσφαιρικ?τητα των προηγουμ?νων και ?σω? ?ταν η πιο προβλεπ?μενη απ? τι? ?λλε?, ωστ?σο ?ταν πολ? καλογραμμ?νη και την απ?λαυσα δε?ντω?! (5 STARS)
Η π?μπτη ιστορ?α με ξ?φνιασε. Ω? προ? την μ?θοδο που ?γινε ο φ?νο? και ?λο το παρασκ?νιο. Για του? υπ?πτου? ?σω? ?χι τ?σο, ?μω? ?ταν ενδιαφ?ρουσα και αρκετ? σ?ντομη. (4 STARS)
Τ?λο?, η ?κτη και τελευτα?α ιστορ?α ?ταν η μοναδικ? στην οπο?α δεν εμφαν?ζεται καθ?λου ο Ηρακλ?? Πουαρ?, αλλ? τον αντικαθιστ? η κυρ?α Μαρπλ. ?χουμε την υπ?θεση μια? β?λα? και τη? ιδιοκτ?τρια? τη?. Πολλο? οι συν?θει? ?ποπτοι. Κ?ποια πρ?γματα τα ε?χα προβλ?ψει μπορ? να πω, αλλ? φυσικ? ?χι ?λα. (4.5 STARS)
Αυτ? που ?χω να πω σαν τελικ? εντ?πωση ε?ναι πω? μπορ? να δηλ?σω πλ?ον φαν του ε?δου? και τη? συγγραφ?ω? αυτ??. Π?ντα ?κουγα , αλλ? δεν τολμο?σα να την διαβ?σω , σκεπτ?μενη πω? λ?γω ?λλη? εποχ?? μπορε? να μην απολ?μβανα τα βιβλ?α ? την γραφ? τη?. Π?σο λ?θο? ?κανα! Σ?γουρα με εξ?πληξε σχεδ?ν σε ?λε? τι? ιστορ?ε?. Ε?τε με την μ?θοδο του φ?νου, ε?τε με το κ?νητρο ? με τον ?διο τον δολοφ?νο. Πλ?ον δηλ?νω φαν! Αν διστ?ζετε κι εσε?? για του? ?διου? λ?γου?, μην το κ?νετε!
Η περιπ?τεια τη? Χριστουγεννι?τικη? πουτ?γκα? ε?ναι μια συλλογ? απ? ?ξι σ?ντομε? ιστορ?ε? μυστηρ?ου που φυσικ? πρωταγωνιστικ? ρ?λο κατ?χει ο Ηρακλ?? Πουαρ?. Προσωπικ? ?ταν η πρ?τη μου επαφ? με την συγγραφ?α Αγκ?θα Κρ?στι και σ?γουρα δεν θα ε?ναι η τελευτα?α! Χα?ρομαι που ?χω ?δη κι ?λλα βιβλ?α τη? στη κατοχ? μου! Α? αρχ?σουμε σ?ντομε? μικρ?? κριτικ?? για την κ?θε ιστορ?α.
Η πρ?τη ?ταν με διαφορ? η αγαπημ?νη μου και η πιο ευχ?ριστη ?σω?. Διαδραματ?ζεται στην αγγλικ? εξοχ? , στην οπο?α πηγα?νει undercover σαν καλεσμ?νο?, ωστ?σο ο σκοπ?? ε?ναι να εξιχνι?σει ?να μυστ?ριο. Μια παρ?α προσπαθε? ταυτ?χρονα να του στ?σει ?να θεατρικ? - μυστ?ριο μια? που γνωρ?ζουν την ιδι?τητα του ω? ντεντ?κτιβ. Το συγκεκριμ?νο δι?γημα το απ?λαυσα τ?σο πολ?! Ε?χε μυστ?ριο , αλλ? και μια γιορτιν?, παιχνιδι?ρικη ταυτ?χρονα δι?θεση. Υπ?ροχη ιστορ?α για να την διαβ?σετε την περ?οδο των Χριστουγ?ννων! (5 STARS)
Το μυστ?ριο τη? ισπανικ?? κασ?λα? μπορ? να πω πω? δεν ?ταν η πιο αγαπημ?νη μου ιστορ?α. Η ιστορ?α ?χει να κ?νει με ?να πτ?μα που βρ?θηκε μ?σα σε μια ισπανικ? κασ?λα , απ? τον μπ?τλερ. ?να π?ρτι εξελισσ?ταν στο σπ?τι εκε?νο το προηγο?μενο βρ?δυ. Ενδιαφ?ρουσα πλοκ?, ωστ?σο, κ?τι μου ?λειπε και δεν ε?μαι σ?γουρη τι ?ταν. ?σω? το γεγον?? ?τι δεν κατ?λαβα το κ?νητρο ? ?τι ο δολοφ?νο? μου φ?νηκε παρ?ξενο?. (4 STARS)
Η τρ?τη ιστορ?α ?ταν πολ? ωρα?α. Ε?χε το κατ?λληλο vibe για μια δολοφον?α που συμβα?νει σε ?ναν π?ργο. Ατμοσφαιρικ? θα ?λεγα. Μπ?τλερ, κληρον?μοι, υπ?λληλοι, χ?ρα, πολλο? ?ποπτοι, ?να? μ?νο ο δολοφ?νο?. Τι να συν?βη ?ραγε; Μια ιστορ?α που με κρ?τησε σε αγων?α , καθ?? δεν μπορο?σα να φανταστ? τον πραγματικ? δολοφ?νο. ?λοι ?ταν ?ποπτοι, μα κ?ποιοι λ?γο παραπ?νω. Ανατρεπτικ? και απολαυστικ?! (4.5 STARS)
Η τ?ταρτη ιστορ?α επ?ση? μια απ? τι? αγαπημ?νε? μου. Αν και δεν κατε?χε την ατμοσφαιρικ?τητα των προηγουμ?νων και ?σω? ?ταν η πιο προβλεπ?μενη απ? τι? ?λλε?, ωστ?σο ?ταν πολ? καλογραμμ?νη και την απ?λαυσα δε?ντω?! (5 STARS)
Η π?μπτη ιστορ?α με ξ?φνιασε. Ω? προ? την μ?θοδο που ?γινε ο φ?νο? και ?λο το παρασκ?νιο. Για του? υπ?πτου? ?σω? ?χι τ?σο, ?μω? ?ταν ενδιαφ?ρουσα και αρκετ? σ?ντομη. (4 STARS)
Τ?λο?, η ?κτη και τελευτα?α ιστορ?α ?ταν η μοναδικ? στην οπο?α δεν εμφαν?ζεται καθ?λου ο Ηρακλ?? Πουαρ?, αλλ? τον αντικαθιστ? η κυρ?α Μαρπλ. ?χουμε την υπ?θεση μια? β?λα? και τη? ιδιοκτ?τρια? τη?. Πολλο? οι συν?θει? ?ποπτοι. Κ?ποια πρ?γματα τα ε?χα προβλ?ψει μπορ? να πω, αλλ? φυσικ? ?χι ?λα. (4.5 STARS)
Αυτ? που ?χω να πω σαν τελικ? εντ?πωση ε?ναι πω? μπορ? να δηλ?σω πλ?ον φαν του ε?δου? και τη? συγγραφ?ω? αυτ??. Π?ντα ?κουγα , αλλ? δεν τολμο?σα να την διαβ?σω , σκεπτ?μενη πω? λ?γω ?λλη? εποχ?? μπορε? να μην απολ?μβανα τα βιβλ?α ? την γραφ? τη?. Π?σο λ?θο? ?κανα! Σ?γουρα με εξ?πληξε σχεδ?ν σε ?λε? τι? ιστορ?ε?. Ε?τε με την μ?θοδο του φ?νου, ε?τε με το κ?νητρο ? με τον ?διο τον δολοφ?νο. Πλ?ον δηλ?νω φαν! Αν διστ?ζετε κι εσε?? για του? ?διου? λ?γου?, μην το κ?νετε!
December 16, 2018
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May 10, 2019
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Greenshaw's Folly? The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
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Greenshaw's Folly? The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
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September 19, 2018
I read this book in my mother language. Almost all the stories are interesting, but I'd prefer that these 6 short stories would have been turned into 6 long and complete novels. Short stories don't please me so much; I always think they end abruptly, have little development and last very little.
December 19, 2024
Чи ? щось в ц?й книжц? р?здвяного кр?м першо? опов?д? ? безпосередньо назви? Н? :)
Але це така класична, класична А?ата Кр?ст? ? класичний Еркюль Пуаро (в к?нц? нав?ть трошки м?с Марпл, але про все п?зн?ше).
У книз? 5 опов?дань, трохи под?люсь сюжетами кожного (зв?сно ж, без спойлер?в, не переживайте) ? сво?ми враженнями.
“Пригоди р?здвяного пудингу” – це ключова ?стор?я ц??? зб?рки, вона прям р?здвяна, тому що в переддень Р?здва Еркюлю Пуаро пропонують знайти коштовний руб?н, який загубив монарх ? його зникнення може спричинити корол?вський скандал! Ну як же наш маленький бельг??ць не погодиться, ? не погодиться по?хати в англ?йську пров?нц?ю ? взяти участь у святкуванн? Р?здва.
Ось це, власне ? круто. Як багато ми зна?мо про традиц?? англ?йського Р?здва? Я дуже мало. Особливо здивувало те що в р?здвяний пудинг конкретно ця с?м’я, яку в?дв?дав Пуаро кладуть р?зн? реч?… як? можуть зламати зуби?? Типу перстн?… монетки… Дивно, але прикольно.
Ось це перше опов?дання прям крутяк, хоч ? через свою банальн?сть сюжету, але я прям я читав ?з захопленням. Пов’язую я це з тим, що певно засумував за А?атою. Лайк.
“Та?мниця ?спансько? скрин?” – Еркюль Пуаро працю? в зовс?м ?нш?й справ?, проте не вщуха? резонанс стосовно ?спансько? скрин?, в як?й знайшли труп! Це сталось на зван?й вечер?.
? зв?сно ж, наш детектив, скаж?мо, пха? н?с туди, де вже ? п?дозрюваний.
Крута розв’язка, мен? сподобалось, теж прочитав на одному диханн?. Думаю, що з початку це планувалось як окрема книга, але чогось не вистачило. Лайк.
“Смиренний пес” – найб?льше опов?дання ? таке найб?льш напружене! Пост?йн? под??, ти не встига?ш нав?ть провести якесь сво? розсл?дування, яке проводить Еркюль Пуаро у будинку, де було вбито його господаря – сера Руб?на. П?дозрюваний – плем?нник. Але дружина неб?жчика в цьому не впевнена! Ну, прикольно, але через таку насичен?сть приходилось деяк? стор?нки перечитувати, бо я забував, що в?дбувалось ? як? нов? зач?пки було знайдено.
“Чотири ? двадцять дрозд?в” – взагал? не зрозум?в це опов?дання. Пуаро з? сво?м товаришем сидять у ресторан?, в якому вс? оф?ц?антки знають, що де ? як ? хто що ?сть. Один з пост?йних гостей ресторану замовив щось нестандартне для себе. А через 2 тижн? ста?ться нещасний випадок ? чолов?к пада? з? сход?в у себе вдома. Ну, як ви зрозум?ли, не випадково)) Не лайк, ну не сподобалось.
“Сон” – до Еркюля Пуаро зверта?ться м?льйонер, який каже, що йому вже от деякий час сниться один ? той самий сон, неначе в?н робить су?цид. Пройшло небагато часу, як в?н його все таки вчинив. Так що це було? Ну, довол? незвично ? я такого не читав. В принцип?, я люблю ус? розв’язки А?ати Кр?ст?, вона в?дтворю? ус? мо? дурн? теор?? на папер?.
Загалом засумував за А?атою Кр?ст?, ще в рамках свого челенжу прочитаю “Р?здво з Еркюлем Пуаро”, ну, там точно буде Р?здво! (я спод?ваюсь).
Але це така класична, класична А?ата Кр?ст? ? класичний Еркюль Пуаро (в к?нц? нав?ть трошки м?с Марпл, але про все п?зн?ше).
У книз? 5 опов?дань, трохи под?люсь сюжетами кожного (зв?сно ж, без спойлер?в, не переживайте) ? сво?ми враженнями.
“Пригоди р?здвяного пудингу” – це ключова ?стор?я ц??? зб?рки, вона прям р?здвяна, тому що в переддень Р?здва Еркюлю Пуаро пропонують знайти коштовний руб?н, який загубив монарх ? його зникнення може спричинити корол?вський скандал! Ну як же наш маленький бельг??ць не погодиться, ? не погодиться по?хати в англ?йську пров?нц?ю ? взяти участь у святкуванн? Р?здва.
Ось це, власне ? круто. Як багато ми зна?мо про традиц?? англ?йського Р?здва? Я дуже мало. Особливо здивувало те що в р?здвяний пудинг конкретно ця с?м’я, яку в?дв?дав Пуаро кладуть р?зн? реч?… як? можуть зламати зуби?? Типу перстн?… монетки… Дивно, але прикольно.
Ось це перше опов?дання прям крутяк, хоч ? через свою банальн?сть сюжету, але я прям я читав ?з захопленням. Пов’язую я це з тим, що певно засумував за А?атою. Лайк.
“Та?мниця ?спансько? скрин?” – Еркюль Пуаро працю? в зовс?м ?нш?й справ?, проте не вщуха? резонанс стосовно ?спансько? скрин?, в як?й знайшли труп! Це сталось на зван?й вечер?.
? зв?сно ж, наш детектив, скаж?мо, пха? н?с туди, де вже ? п?дозрюваний.
Крута розв’язка, мен? сподобалось, теж прочитав на одному диханн?. Думаю, що з початку це планувалось як окрема книга, але чогось не вистачило. Лайк.
“Смиренний пес” – найб?льше опов?дання ? таке найб?льш напружене! Пост?йн? под??, ти не встига?ш нав?ть провести якесь сво? розсл?дування, яке проводить Еркюль Пуаро у будинку, де було вбито його господаря – сера Руб?на. П?дозрюваний – плем?нник. Але дружина неб?жчика в цьому не впевнена! Ну, прикольно, але через таку насичен?сть приходилось деяк? стор?нки перечитувати, бо я забував, що в?дбувалось ? як? нов? зач?пки було знайдено.
“Чотири ? двадцять дрозд?в” – взагал? не зрозум?в це опов?дання. Пуаро з? сво?м товаришем сидять у ресторан?, в якому вс? оф?ц?антки знають, що де ? як ? хто що ?сть. Один з пост?йних гостей ресторану замовив щось нестандартне для себе. А через 2 тижн? ста?ться нещасний випадок ? чолов?к пада? з? сход?в у себе вдома. Ну, як ви зрозум?ли, не випадково)) Не лайк, ну не сподобалось.
“Сон” – до Еркюля Пуаро зверта?ться м?льйонер, який каже, що йому вже от деякий час сниться один ? той самий сон, неначе в?н робить су?цид. Пройшло небагато часу, як в?н його все таки вчинив. Так що це було? Ну, довол? незвично ? я такого не читав. В принцип?, я люблю ус? розв’язки А?ати Кр?ст?, вона в?дтворю? ус? мо? дурн? теор?? на папер?.
Загалом засумував за А?атою Кр?ст?, ще в рамках свого челенжу прочитаю “Р?здво з Еркюлем Пуаро”, ну, там точно буде Р?здво! (я спод?ваюсь).
December 31, 2024
3.5 stars.
June 3, 2022
A short story with a charming enjoyable mystery. Rather easy to figure out the evil doer. My second (even though a short story) was nice but I remain on the fence about reading further books by Christie. I rate is 3.5*
December 24, 2024
2024 - A reread of The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (again) I love the history in the story, the tales of Christmas past mixing with the modern day.
You can get a sense of the changing world here with men in tight trousers and girls taking flats in Chelsea ?? but I love the classic country house elements too, the games and the family all bought together.
A Christmas classic!
2023 - I only reread The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and loved it, as a standalone it's a 5 star read.
Poirot is asked to spend Christmas in an English Country House, where there's a cad, a missing ruby and mystery afoot!
Brilliant short Christmas read.
2020 - I always find Agatha Christie short stories to be a mixed bag and with that in mind I reread this series as my bookclubs final choice of the year and was pleased that all the stories held up to be at least 4 stars each.
Don't get me wrong, some of them weren't amazing! But they were still enjoyable.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Exceptional as always, Christmas, A country house and deception ?
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest - A brilliant example of Poirot exercising his little grey cells.
The Underdog - in fact one of the best Poirot stories I've read.
The Dream - now this one I think was the weakest entry! It plodded but I still enjoyed it.
Four and Twenty Blackbirds - harks of Poirot's cleverer tales with his suspicious mind working over time.
Greenshaw's Folly - A wonderful Miss Marple read, clever as always!
Good, solid 4 star read.
You can get a sense of the changing world here with men in tight trousers and girls taking flats in Chelsea ?? but I love the classic country house elements too, the games and the family all bought together.
A Christmas classic!
2023 - I only reread The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and loved it, as a standalone it's a 5 star read.
Poirot is asked to spend Christmas in an English Country House, where there's a cad, a missing ruby and mystery afoot!
Brilliant short Christmas read.
2020 - I always find Agatha Christie short stories to be a mixed bag and with that in mind I reread this series as my bookclubs final choice of the year and was pleased that all the stories held up to be at least 4 stars each.
Don't get me wrong, some of them weren't amazing! But they were still enjoyable.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Exceptional as always, Christmas, A country house and deception ?
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest - A brilliant example of Poirot exercising his little grey cells.
The Underdog - in fact one of the best Poirot stories I've read.
The Dream - now this one I think was the weakest entry! It plodded but I still enjoyed it.
Four and Twenty Blackbirds - harks of Poirot's cleverer tales with his suspicious mind working over time.
Greenshaw's Folly - A wonderful Miss Marple read, clever as always!
Good, solid 4 star read.
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