And Then There Were None
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Aug 10, 2014 02:48PM
I've never heard of anything except the title being edited.
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There are two alternative endings, both written by Agatha Christie. Maybe that's what they talk about. Unless there is an edited version that I don't know about. I read it years ago, before Kindle existed, so no clue.
The title, the rhyme, and the figures on the table are all changed over time. I'm wondering if some Kindle readers are accidentally buying the play instead of the novel - both are available for Kindle.
There's a play??? *Hitting Amazon right now...*
sounds like the book I read. mine is a 1986 edition.
Laura wrote: "There are two alternative endings, both written by Agatha Christie. Maybe that's what they talk about. Unless there is an edited version that I don't know about. I read it years ago, before Kindle ..."Where can I read the alternate ending, is it online? :)
I think the last part of most book editions is an added ending, a P.S. as it were. I don't know how to do a spoiler alert, but if you read the part with the bottle at the very end, that's the added ending, from my understanding.The Kindle edition shown with a plain orange/red cover is the play. You pretty much have to open the full description and read carefully to see that its a play. It was a really popular play at one point, I believe.
I read it many years ago, before the existence of digital versions. My book presented the chosen ending and then, as Hillary said, there was a note and then the other ending.To make a spoiler block you write:
< spoiler >here goes your text< /spoiler >
Without the spaces.
Ah, I thought you meant a wholly different conclusion.The message in the bottle was in line with the rest of the plot, it was more of an expansion that a new/alternate ending.
Víctor wrote: "Ah, I thought you meant a wholly different conclusion. The message in the bottle was in line with the rest of the plot, it was more of an expansion that a new/alternate ending."No, I mean a different ending. In my book, after the whole message in a bottle thing, where you know who the killer was and why and how, there was a note from the editor, explaining that there was an alternative ending. (view spoiler)
I did some Googling and just found out that she wrote that different ending for the play in 1943 (the book was first published in 1939). I didn't know that there was a play, though it's possible that my book mentioned this when putting the alternative ending there and I just forgot.
When I read this, it was called Ten Little Indians. When my mother read it was called Ten Little Niggers. You can tell how society has changed with the acceptance of the various titles. And Then There Were None is certainly the safest choice, long term.
The FREE kindle version that I got from Amazon seemed to be intact as to text but there is some mention of a drawing and that was NOT in the free version. I'm guessing that it was pretty immaterial though.
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