TEN LITTLE NIGGERS
US title: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
Other titles: TEN LITTLE INDIANS (in US reprint, Pocket Books, 1965, and all subsequent editions)
UK publication: 1939 (Collins)
US publication: 1939 (Dodd, Mead)
Detective: None
Genre: Novel
Set on an isolated island without contact of the outside civilization, Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None is the story of ten strangers invited to an island by a mysterious host. The book starts out with an introduction to the ten characters. Although this is effective in telling the characters, it is also boring and does not catch your attention right away. But as soon as the guests arrive on Indian Island, this boredom disperses and an exciting thriller breaks through. What is also exciting about this novel is you have no idea who is committing these strange murders. The first night these people are at the house they are greeted with an eerie voice that accuses them of murders that were committed but were never convicted of in the past. When the guests arrive there is no trace of U.N. Owen, but as the guests start to die this mysterious figure reveals his ugly face. This book shows fear in peoples conciences, the guilt that lies within, and the hate among strangers. Anyone who wants to read a suspenseful murder mystery, and wants to stay on the edge of their seats, should read this wicked novel of horror and fear...
Courtesey of: http://stout.physics.ucla.edu/%7eyoder/mystery/christie.html
::READERS REVIEWS::
A wonderful, suspenseful mystery
"I read this book in my 9th grade English class and admittedly the guy who sat in front of me ruined the ending - but I know that I would NEVER in a million years have been prepared for that. Agatha Christie does an excellent job with all aspects of this book: it is well laid-out and planned, the characters are gripping in and of themselves, and the situation is enough to make you shudder without reading the book. If you like mystery this is the book for you. "
Don't miss it !
"A masterpiece. I've read loads of Agatha Christie's books but this is definitely the best. It's not just the plot that is involving, but also the style itself captures you and sticks you to the armchair. So, cancel all your appointments, sit down confortably and start reading: you won't be able to close the book until everyone in it is dead. And you'll still have not a clue about the murderer. Don't worry,anyway, cos "good old aunt" Agatha will sort everything out and you'll be astonished by the solution."
Amazing
"Ten Little Indians" (later titled "And Then There Were None") by classic mystery writer Agatha Christie is one of her best works as a novelist ... it will haunt the reader long after they put the book down. It is a classic "murder mystery" type novel, and was the basic idea for movies such as Clue and Murder By Death. Ten strangers receive letters, signed by an old friend, inviting them to spend the week at a mansion on the infamous and deserted Indian Island. When they do arrive at the island, their host never shows up. Then, someone dies mysteriously--murdered by someone or something not seen by anyone else. Then another guest is murdered, and another. It isn't until the remaining guests see an old nursery ryhme about different ways you can die that they realize what their fate will soon be. They are aware that they are not able to contact anyone on the mainland until the end of the week, and by then ... it may just be too late."
And Then There Were None
This book will be the most exciting book that you will ever read. You will never be able to figure out who the murder is. Agatha makes you think the killer is one person, then suddenly that person us dead. And Then There Were None is about eight people who are invited to a weekend vacation party at a mansion on a small island, about a mile from a little town called Striclehaven in Devon, England. Whenthe guests arrive, they figure out that the host isn't there, and that each of them recieved a letter from a different person. The guests weren't the only ones there though. There was also a maid and butler (Mr.and Mrs. Rogers), who had just arrived the day before the other gusets arrived there. Mr. Rogers said that he had just received a letter in the mail from the owner of the island. It said that he wouldn't be able to make it, and that they were supposed to stay there and have a good time. Then suddenly people started to die. The first one dies of poisoning and the next one dies from the same thing, but asleep. At first they think that the people comitted suicide, but then they figured out that they are murdered. Somebody poisoned them. They then think that the murder is somewhere on the island, but where? They then searched the island and they didn't fond anyone. The murder is among them. Some insane killer had brought them all together and now was going to kill them. As you can see, it is a very exciting book. It is aslo very clever. Like how the murder kills people. The murder had put a old nursery rhyme in everybody's room. It was called "The Ten Little Indians." At first nobody noticed the rhyme, but later
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