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Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
A blinding snowstormand a homicidal maniactraps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this decpetively simple set-up, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, whic, in turn, would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solve...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
June 1st 1984
by Berkley
(first published 1948)
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(oblique spoilers hinted at) The Mousetrap is the world's longest-running play, and every Christie fan should see it if they can. I had the privilege years ago in London, and thoroughly enjoyed it. One can be a fan of The Mousetrap with or without reading the novella upon which it is based, Three Blind Mice, but I highly recommend the novella and the other top-notch stories collected with it in this edition. They represent Christie at her best, fiendishly clever and with her beloved detectives P...more
Jul 12, 2011
Ariel
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery-agatha-christie
This is my second book of short stories for the Cool Down with AC read a long this summer. So far I am really liking the short stories and stand alone novels best. This book was one of my favorites in the reading challenge so far. This book includes the play, The Mouse Trap that has been transformed into the short story Three Blind Mice in this book. The Mouse Trap is the longest running play in England. The story uses one of Christie's most famous plot devices, strangers trapped in isolation wi...more
This was my first Agatha Christie book; a fairly quick read, and I liked starting off with a book full of short stories. We just bought a stack of Agatha Christie books from the thrift store, so I'll have to keep reading.
Title : - Three Blind Mice
Author : - Agatha Christie
Summary:-
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?
Giles and molly found a house which is a heritage building from his aunt in cluverland which is known as “the Manor house”. Giles and molly started a guest house business in this house rather to sell it. Winter is arrived i...more
Author : - Agatha Christie
Summary:-
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?
Giles and molly found a house which is a heritage building from his aunt in cluverland which is known as “the Manor house”. Giles and molly started a guest house business in this house rather to sell it. Winter is arrived i...more
Dans l'obscurité d'une maison endormie, un cri déchire le silence... Un crime vient d'être commis...
Ainsi se lève le rideau sur l'un des plus grands succès de la scène internationale, " La Souricière ", qui tient l'affiche sans interruption depuis plus de cinquante ans.
Adaptée par Agatha Christie d'une nouvelle écrite en 1947, jouée pour la première fois à Londres en 1952, cette mésaventure de trois petites souris porte la marque de son auteur : humour et coups de théâtre sont au rendez-vous
Et...more
Ainsi se lève le rideau sur l'un des plus grands succès de la scène internationale, " La Souricière ", qui tient l'affiche sans interruption depuis plus de cinquante ans.
Adaptée par Agatha Christie d'une nouvelle écrite en 1947, jouée pour la première fois à Londres en 1952, cette mésaventure de trois petites souris porte la marque de son auteur : humour et coups de théâtre sont au rendez-vous
Et...more
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2.5 stars
Three blind mice,
three blind mice,
see how they run,
see how they run.
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
she cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a sight in your life,
as three blind mice?
Is this really by the same woman who wrote And Then There Were None?
The aforementioned title is the only other work of Christie's that I've read, and it was one of my favorite reads of last year, as well as all-time. So, after...more
2.5 stars
Three blind mice,
three blind mice,
see how they run,
see how they run.
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
she cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a sight in your life,
as three blind mice?
Is this really by the same woman who wrote And Then There Were None?
The aforementioned title is the only other work of Christie's that I've read, and it was one of my favorite reads of last year, as well as all-time. So, after...more
Ever since reading And Then There Were None, I have loved Agatha Christie; and even though this only my second time reading one of her books, it was just as brilliant. The thing I have always loved about her is that, in her books, you may think you know who the guilty person is, and then you find out at the end that you were completely off base. The Three Blind Mice story was my favorite out of the short stories, but this book also introduced me to Ms. Marple- and she seems very interesting. So,...more
After my reading of "And then there were none", I thought you couldn't go wrong with anything Agatha Christie wrote. However I found this particular book very disappointing. Maybe the audience to which this book was written to were young (early elementary), then I could be more lenient.
I think 3 blind mice makes sense as a play but not as a read. Too much time was spent on useless details of the house and little on the characters/plot and then it's all over. Predicable ending at that.
Other s...more
I think 3 blind mice makes sense as a play but not as a read. Too much time was spent on useless details of the house and little on the characters/plot and then it's all over. Predicable ending at that.
Other s...more
Hay dos formas de considerar a este libro: desde el punto de vista teatral y desde el de la lectura. No es la primera vez que leo teatro, alguno ha caído en mis manos últimamente.
Yo me lo he leído, y me he dado cuenta de mi error, porque la puesta en escena, pese a no ser un escenario complejo ni requerir apenas atrezzo, resulta soberbia para esta obra, y más para el toque final que vaticina.
En cambio, leído pierde. Se siente la fuerza del teatro y es fácil imaginárselo, pero está lejos de la no...more
Yo me lo he leído, y me he dado cuenta de mi error, porque la puesta en escena, pese a no ser un escenario complejo ni requerir apenas atrezzo, resulta soberbia para esta obra, y más para el toque final que vaticina.
En cambio, leído pierde. Se siente la fuerza del teatro y es fácil imaginárselo, pero está lejos de la no...more
Anzitutto devo dire che è la prima volta che leggo un suo testo teatrale: avevo al mio attivo diversi suoi romanzi, ma per puro caso le commedie mi erano ancora sfuggite... fino ad oggi.Proprio in quanto commedia teatrale il libro si legge ancora più velocemente rispetto ai romanzi (che già si divorano agilmente), ma lo stile ed il pathos rimangono ad altissimi livelli.La storia? Una giovane coppia di coniugi apre una piccola locanda in casa ed i primi ospiti arrivano giusto il giorno di una ter...more
"Three Blind Mice and Other Stories" by Agatha Christie are nine short stories featuring others besides elderly village spinster Miss Jane Marple and ex-comissioner of Belgian Police Hercule Poirot with mustaches "fierce" in #6, elsewhere lavish, magnificent, always larger than pencil with end curls depicted onscreen. (Much as I like David 's depiction, I'd like to see another.)
1 Three Blind Mice - Sergeant Trotter skis to snowed-in new guesthouse Monkswell Manor, sets newlywed owners Giles and...more
1 Three Blind Mice - Sergeant Trotter skis to snowed-in new guesthouse Monkswell Manor, sets newlywed owners Giles and...more
Mar 24, 2009
Bettie
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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mystery-thriller
Denholm Elliot reads. I have given myself a day off from work to play catch-up at home and this is to keep me company as I change sheets and hunt down dust bunnies.
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?
Three Blind Mice (also known as The Mousetrap) is absolutely brilliant. The other tales are all quite short but lots of fun.
(One of them, The Adventure of Johnny Waverly, was a very pleasant surprise, because seeing the TV adaptation of that story in a hotel room, several years ago, was my introduction to Agatha Christie. I loved it, but didn't catch the story's title and couldn't find it afterwards, until I stumbled across it in this collection.)
(One of them, The Adventure of Johnny Waverly, was a very pleasant surprise, because seeing the TV adaptation of that story in a hotel room, several years ago, was my introduction to Agatha Christie. I loved it, but didn't catch the story's title and couldn't find it afterwards, until I stumbled across it in this collection.)
A nice introduction to the world of Agatha Christie and one that would definitely lead me to read more. The only reason I've given this such a low scoring was because, to me it was such a short, quick read, that I didn't really feel a chance to connect with any characters, or in fact care very greatly what happened to them. However, I hope to now get my teeth into a heavier Christie novel with the knowledge that I ahve previously enjoyed her writing style.
This was a very suspenseful mystery that only took me a day to read. It's only about 70 pages long, but it is very good. The only thing that bugged me was at the very end, the killer had only killed 2 people, not 3 like the poem says. I really think that this is a must read mystery, take an hour or two to read it! This book has been turned into a play on Broadway and is still the longest running play.
I only read the Three Blind Mice mystery as well as some others. My favorite was totally the Three Blind Mice. That one was very well written and held me in much suspense as I progressed through the story. And I was so shocked at who the murderer was. That's how a true mystery should be written! Absolutely loved it!
Agatha Christie had somehow evaded me, but I found this old book in some stuff I picked from my mom's house, and I enjoyed it. Three Blind Mice is a mystery that will have you guessing up until the end. It is a short story, set in England's countryside (for the most part). If you like a good brain tickler, read it!
Good but not long enough. I wish I'd cared about / gotten to wonder about the characters more, it would have made the ending less of a cerebral "huh, it's that character." I'd also be interested to read or see what they did turning this source material into a hit play, especially in terms of the characters.
Agatha Crhistie is one of my favorites when I'm looking for a quick read with plots that are entirely predictable but beautifully written. Great book, interesting characters, and definitely one of those I can lounge in the sun and flip through this in a day books.
I really enjoyed the story "Three Blind Mice" it was written as if she wanted it to be a play (Mousetrap), i could totally see it being acted out! I also really like the idea of short stories. They're easier to read in one sitting! :-) The only one i wasn't so fond of was detective Quinn. He's not as much fun as the others! :-)
مجموعة قصصية جميلة لأجاثا كريستي. أميل كثيرا لكتب القصص القصيرة خصوصا اذا كانت من نوع التحقيق والجرائم. لأن كل قصة تكون قصيرة, واضحة, مختصرة وممتعة! في هذا الكتاب 9 قصص قصيرة, لاحظت ان اثنتين منها "شقة الطابق الثالث" و " مغامرة جوني ويفرلي" مكررة وقد قرأتها مسبقا في كتاب آخر لأجاثا بإسم "قضايا بوارو المبكرة".
تقييمي للكتاب 3/5 لأن 3 قصص منها اعجبتني كثيرا, و 3 لم تعجبني, و3 كانت جيدة.
أكثر 3 قصص أعجبتني هي:
ثلاثة فئران عمياء: صدمتني أجاثا بالنهاية! فعلا غير متوقعه. ذكاء وعبقرية أجاثا تخدعني في كل م...more
تقييمي للكتاب 3/5 لأن 3 قصص منها اعجبتني كثيرا, و 3 لم تعجبني, و3 كانت جيدة.
أكثر 3 قصص أعجبتني هي:
ثلاثة فئران عمياء: صدمتني أجاثا بالنهاية! فعلا غير متوقعه. ذكاء وعبقرية أجاثا تخدعني في كل م...more
Enjoyed dipping in and out of these as I wanted. Didn't find that they taxed 'the little grey cells' much, but were interesting enough. Strangely, the story I least enjoyed was the title one! It was a bit predictable! But the rest were good.
This is a very short piece. Murder, Mystery and tons of snow.
It is far from being my favorite in the Agatha Christie roster but it is impossible to say it is bad.
The characters are lively and the setting is believable which is very important to me.
It is far from being my favorite in the Agatha Christie roster but it is impossible to say it is bad.
The characters are lively and the setting is believable which is very important to me.
Includes The Mousetrap, one of Christie's most famous stories (and a long-running theater production). Very Victorian, and some nice stories with Miss Marple, who may not rise to Poirot levels but enjoyable in bite size pieces like this.
Some of the stories in the collection are average, some really good. It's more like a quick series of interesting puzzles. And the title story is famous in itself for it paved the way for The Mouse Trap (which I haven't yet seen/read).
This is the novel that was adapted into the longest running play. As always, all of the characters are subject to suspicion. The who did it was well done but the other suspicions were left unanswered as if to just say people are strange. The end.
The first story was a really entertaining mystery about several strangers snowbound in a guesthouse. Had I just been reading this story, I would have given the book four stars; however, I thought the other stories were just okay. I balanced it out with three stars and have decided I prefer the novels of Christie over the short stories, although I will keep reading!
Back when I was in my early 20's my mother used to send me Agatha Christie books to distract me from all of the "depressing stuff" that I was reading. Read dozens of these...so I guess it kinda worked.
أنا كتبت ولم أقرأه بعض ولكني متشوق ه لكي اقرأه ومتحمسة أيظا....
بالرغم أني مسجلة للتو وجديدة على الموقع
بالرغم أني مسجلة للتو وجديدة على الموقع
This is probably Agatha Christie's best and creepiest novel. It is adapted from her play, "The Mousetrap", the longest running play of all time that is still showing in London.
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Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880...more
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880...more
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