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Short Stories

Agatha Christie wrote nearly 160 short stories. This includes the recently discovered and published The Capture of Cerberus and The Incident of the Dog's Ball.   She used many of the plots in later novels and plays. Here you can discuss each one.

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Warning: These discussions may contain spoilers!

The Case of the Missing Will

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Moderator1 17 Nov 09 at 11:20 a.m. GMT

'I have been, not a triple imbecile, but thirty-six times one.' are not words that you usually associate with Hercule Poirot however when Violet Marsh asks him to help her fulfil the wishes of her dead uncle it is nearly a challenge too far for the little Belgian.  Surely his little grey cells will triumph!

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MissQuin 17 Jul 10 at 5:13 p.m. GMT

I actually found this story the worst Poirot story! I just didn't like it. I felt rushed somehow and there's hardly much to it. The tV was rewritten, but was actually far more entertaining.

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Tommy_A_Jones 19 Jul 10 at 1:34 p.m. GMT

If I have sewen thed Adaptation I have forgotten it but I think of all the Poirit short stories I have read so far, this is my favourite, It doesn't waffle on and is great if you want a short story to pass the time, I feel the same about the Marple story concerning a Will, they are my 2 favourites some of the Poirot Short like The Adventure of The Clapham Cook are Rushed and you end up feeling unsattidsfied (Well I do) but I didn't feel that with The Missing Will.

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