I have been listening to this for the past two weeks and i have finally finished it.. SPOILERS I actually had no suspicion of wargrave being the murderer, that was clever on his part. You wouldn’t believe the shock on my face once i heard his voice on the last “chapter” 😭😭
You would think once a pattern of murder was seen that they would all sleep in the lounge so that they could keep an eye on each other. If it was me I would be making a raft out of the doors and anything else I could find and set sail for the mainland. I would read the rhyme first to make sure the next death did not involve drowning though.
One of the best crime stories ever written. And I love how he manages to make all these characters feel alive. But the solution is perhaps my favourite part of the story. The manuscript
Just thought it would be easier to follow this way. Ten Little Soldier Boys went out to Dine, one choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine Little Soldier Boys stayed up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight Little Soldier Boys travelling in Devon; One said he’d stay there and then there were seven. Seven Little Soldier Boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. Six Little Soldier Boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five Little Soldier Boys going through a door; One stubbed his toe and then there were four. Four Little Soldier Boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three Little Soldier Boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two Little Soldier Boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was One. One Little Soldier Boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.
@ Enjoy Life and Keep Reading This presentation (of "And Then There Were None" ) is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. Thank you very much for sharing it🤗 . . . and I will be certain to recommend your channel to others.
Absolutely superb narration. It's a very underrated and undervalued skill. A dying art sadly. (He does great job on 'Murder on the Orient Express' audio too.) And the book itself is great, definitely one of Christie's best.
Since the only one connected with law was the judge you would think that they would know that when it got down to five that the "practicing law" one would refer to the judge and so would protect him.
Holy crap, this was amazing! This was a nice way to spend my evening! It was so well read! I enjoyed every second of this and now I intend to check your other audiobooks!
I wonder why they have no empathy for a man who lost his wife to murder, to expect him to still wait on them instead of grieving over his own lost. But good story still.
Because he is of the servant class and is expected to do his duty regardless. The classism seen in the book is one of the things I discuss with my students.
Its partly because it is a reflection of the Class system that dominated British society at the time.There is also the traditional 'stiff upper lip thing' and natural British 'reserved' kind of nature.Overall just very much of its time and would have seemed perfectly normal to readers then. It doesn't spoil the book at all though. Things are not like that now thankfully.The Class system mostly consigned to history.But we still tend to do things in our own way.
As far as I know this is the best selling crime story ever. I think Agatha holds all records. The murder of Roger acroyd. Is viewed as the best crime story I prefer and then there were none. The title on danish is quite good. One of us is the murder . I think everyone know how the first title were. But not because I’m political correct but I prefer this title. Few years ago they made a mini series, which I think was better than earlier ones . But I missed the solution like in this book
I read somewhere can't say exactly but if this had been a regular detective/mystery novel the judge or the ex cid man would be the ones to figure out who is the murderer!
Hej Klaus. Jeg elsker også denne historie. Den mini serie du taler om, er det ikke den med David Suchet, som du faktisk kan finde her på RU-vid? De lavede den serie i 25 år, og alle elsker den. Mit favorit afsnit er Appointment with death. Den er meget anderledes end bogen, men den er virkelig god. Jeg har set den utroligt mange gange, og hørt audio versionen en hel del gange, for de er så forskellige og gode på hver deres måde. Hvis du har svært ved at finde dem, så har jeg dem i min playliste. Der er 2 lister, den ene er med mine favorit afsnit, og den anden er alle afsnit, med mindre de er blevet fjernet, det gør de ind imellem, men de kommer gerne tilbage senere. En anden ting er, at siden du så godt kan lide denne, så kan jeg fortælle dig noget. Den findes på pc spil, og spillet er rigtigt godt, det er et point and click adventure spil, og til sidst er der 2 måder den kan ende på. Den kan godt være svær at finde, for den er gammel, men det ville du aldrig tro hvis du spiller det. Jeg tror godt, du kan finde den på nettet, enten på Ebay eller andre steder, bare søg på google efter titlen og så skriv pc game. Jeg har den selv fra dengang den udkom, og man kan stadig spille den, og jeg gør det ind imellem. Der er også andre Poirot pc spil, for eksempel ABC Murders og den sidste nye er Poirot Investigates, og den er rimelig ny, og nem at få fat på. Det er fra dengang, han stadig var politi mand i Belgien. Har du brug for hjælp, findes der walkthroughs, både her og i skrevet form. Jeg håber, at du kan bruge nogle af mine oplysninger:) Med venlig hilsen!
Jeg er totalt agathe fan. Og løb faktisk over det spil fra denne bog for et stykketid siden. Nej det er den som udkom i 2015. Og har bla’ Charles Dance i en af hoved rollerne. Det var sært jeg ikke har set denne kommentar før nu . Dan Stevens , som er fortæller her, gør et godt stk arbejde med at dramatisere den. Og som fan, er det næsten umuligt at finde noget jeg ikke har læst. Men tak for info. Mvh
@@MissWitchiepoo tak for oplysningen. Jeg har faktisk set pc spillet. Nej den mini serie er kun om denne historie. Og er i 5 afsnit og ligger også herude. Prøv title og TV version . Og sorry dette sene svar , men valgte at høre den igen og så det netop nu . Mvh klaus🎸
This is a beautifully constructed mystery and my favourite Agatha Christie novel. I have found only one weak point in the plot. How did the murderer arrange for the weather? Enjoy!
Possible spoiler: . . . . . . . . . . . Why is Rodger’s still working and serving them?!?! You’re in line, go for a swim, get some sun or something hahaha
Y'know... I was reading Umineko and it referenced this book. So I'm reading this book and the nursery rhyme is kinda~ similar to Umineko's Epitaph. I'm bored af but I'm hoping to lord the deduction/twist later on gets good. And I'm assuming- cos I'm at pg 29 where the nursery rhyme is read. This is technically the first Agatha Christie book I'm reading all the way through but I'm just gonna predict the rest of the book based on the rhyme. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ So suspect list: Mr Blore(1): There's- Emily Brent (2), Vera Claythorne (3), Dr. Armstrong (4), Anthony Marston (5), old Justice Wargrave (6), Philip Lombard (7), General Macarthur , C.M.G., D.S.O. (8) Manservant and wife: Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. (9,10) And (11) for whoever the host is. [Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.] Alright- so at 8pm the people have a dinner and one gets choked/poisoned on the meal. They get scurred but they can't leave the island cos of the tide. [Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.] They try locking their rooms and since they don't know each other, they scurred. One of them 'overslept' which metaphorically means he never wakes up. So he's killed in his sleep. [Eight little Indian boys travelling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.] They wake up in the coming morn and travel to 'Devon'- some place but one refused. Interestingly, the term is 'stay' so it ain't death. [Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.] Chopping up sticks, is that some euphemism for something crude??? Firewood? Cooking? [Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.] Hive- probably a metaphor for something dangerous like a pandora box of sort. Paid the consequence for idiocy mayhaps [Five little Indian boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four.] I'm too dumb for this. [Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.] Well a red herring is the detective novel term for misleading distraction so maybe person number 4 is the killer/accomplice? Who knows? [Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.] What on earth? A zoo? Are these kids on a fieldtrip or something? Killed by a wild animal? Trained animal mayhaps? [Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one.] Died of thirst? [One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none] Well from a first reading certainly sounds like the last person is the killer and killed himself after killing everyone else. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ So what the hell is going on with this rhyme? Let's imagine for a second I was Agatha Christie. There's nothing more boring than the host being the killer and the detective/inspector (most of the time) can't be the killer cos Knox. So... if the last or second person is potentially the detective cos audience surrogate. Is it REALLY gonna go as boring as host and detective is the last two and the host kills himself? Would the supposed best novel by Agatha Christie really go as boring as this? Oh- what if person 4 and 8 are actually swapped? Yeah- that'll be a nice twist. If we read the nursery rhyme and believe 100% in what it says then from 1-10 it all metaphorically describes death except for 8 who 'stays' which is OF COURSE a red herring. Link it back to 4, it could be a substitute fake corpse situation where person 4 is assumed to be dead but red herring 8 takes the place of four. I've only read 29 pages and this is my prediction. Likely I'm wrong but hey- I might be right. That- or the true host is hiding amongst the guests. Which is dull but hey- Honestly, if I'm a writer I'd do something like this. Reveal the plot twist in plain sight. Jesus christ man I'm gonna sacrifice 6 hours of my life in one go to half-heartedly read this book. It best be worth the time. Edit: Well that was an 'ok' conclusion I guess.
I new it ,half way through I was strike by tought Eureka 😁. spoilers ☠️👎🙈🏝️📥⛔⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ clues: 1: Only ten people one must be the owner of the house. 2: Who can afford the house? 3: Who can afford to pay the helpers? 4: Who will be so brave willingly kill 9 people and dont fill remorse? 5: Peolpe with plan , like to be in charge. 6: Who is ruled out of the suspect list ? ☠️ 7. Who pulling the strings all the time? I hope I didn't spoiler your listing time.
The random racism is so distracting and really ruins the story. She was writing for a racist whites only audience, and that comes through. I'm definitely in favour of them editing out the disgusting bigotry that wrecks otherwise good stories.
I’m from catholic all girls school and I loved our nuns. They were wonderful teachers, kind and well educated. They provided strong female mentors. I’m a scientist so I’m not a believer but I truly enjoyed my time there
Another clue that wasn't mentioned... . . . . . . The murderer likes word games, as indicated by the poem. When the judge read the letters, he pointed out "U N OWEN = Unknown". It came across as stroking his own ego. Also, he was basically telling them to stop trying to figure out Owen, which likely would have led to the question "who could gather this much information about people".
I would have given the judge a stick and had him move slowly as if disabled. That would have shown that he could not get about quickly and divert suspicion away from him
She never explains how the oldest member of the group was able to lift a heavy clock and shove it out the window at just the right second to kill Blore!
@@janetsmith8566 the doctor was explaining after the death of Rogers that anyone who was mentally unhinged could possibly have some unexpected strength which could explain how the judge was able to heave the heavy clock ⌚⏰ out the window 🪟 at the exact moment blore was under the window 🪟.
