On Agatha Christie

Phoebe Reads a Mystery

Vox Media Podcast Network

Drama, Fiction

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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As we wrap up our second Agatha Christie novel, we wanted to take a moment to learn about the author. Phoebe speaks with James Prichard, Agatha Christie's great-grandson. Our other shows are Criminal and This is Love. Donate to Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:09.0	We must protect our family! This is my chance! I will save the magic!
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0:19.0	I just don't like you no more.
0:21.0	Don't like me yesterday.
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0:56.0	It was rejected by six publishers before it was finally bought in 1920 for 25 pounds.
1:03.0	Agatha Christie was 30 years old.
1:07.0	The New York Times review at the time read,
1:09.0	though this may be the first published book of Ms. Agatha Christie,
1:13.0	she betrays the cunning of an old hand.
1:17.0	The murder on the links was her third published novel,
1:20.0	and according to the online etymology dictionary,
1:23.0	it contains the first published usage of the phrase, the scene of the crime.
1:30.0	As we finish the murder on the links today,
1:33.0	we thought we'd take a little time to learn more about Agatha Christie,
1:36.0	although she once said,
1:38.0	people should be interested in books, not their authors.
1:42.0	We spoke to her great grandson, James Pritchard.
1:46.0	He told us that his great grandmother would sometimes read drafts of her new work
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