And Then There Were 41: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - Part 1 (The Text)

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Tv & Film, Books, Film Reviews, Arts

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

A bit of a supersized episode for a supersized novel! It is time, at long last, for And Then There Were None. Join us as we focus on the text only (film adaptations to be discussed next week), and revel in what many consider to be Christie’s most glorious creation, outlier though it undoubtedly is when considered in the context of her overall canon. We also deal with the unfortunate original title, as well as the unfortunate allusions made in earlier editions to that problematic nursery rhyme. We will say this, however: as Christie’s first novel to incorporate a titular rhyme, it’s almost definitely her most successful. Consider it one more thing to celebrate in this gem of a novel.

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0:00.0	Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking every single mystery novel written by The Queen of Prime, Dame Maga the Christie.
0:13.5	I'm Catherine Brobeck.
0:14.7	And I'm Kemper Donovan.
0:16.0	And this week, we are very excited because we are finally covering
0:21.3	and then there were none. This is so huge. It is, I believe Agath Christie's
0:28.7	best-selling novel. Oh, just about north of a hundred million copies sold to date. Six best-selling book overall
0:36.1	according to at least one list. The best-selling mystery novel. Indisputably the
0:42.4	best-selling mystery ever. Indisputably the best selling mystery ever. Yeah, no pressure here.
0:46.0	Just a little obscure title. We'll take a little look see see what we make of it.
0:50.4	Yeah, so in this episode we are just covering the novel and briefly we'll touch on the play
0:59.2	version that was also adapted by Christie.
1:02.8	We are saving the film adaptations
1:06.2	for a separate podcast because,
1:08.4	Boy Kemper, there are sure a lot of them, aren't there?
1:11.0	There are so many of them,
1:12.2	and we are very excited to be able to announce that we will be doing that episode with our good friend, our dear friend of the podcast Mark Aldridge who we talk about and referenced so many times he is the expert on all things
1:25.0	Christie in the film and TV world so we had a great time talking with him and
1:28.4	murder on the Orient Express it feels appropriate to bring him back in to find our way through the many many
1:36.2	adaptations of this novel. Conveniently for timing I think this episode is coming
1:40.4	out right about when we released our episode of Murder on the Orient Express.
1:45.0	Hey, there you go.
1:46.0	Mid-summer, Christy blockbuster season.
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