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SIGUE ⬇️

Su primera novela, "El misterioso caso de Styles", empezó a darle forma a su carrera ya en la adultez.
Tenía treinta años cuando Poirot apareció por primera vez.

Y, de algún modo, todo encaja: la niña que aprendió a leer sola, la enfermera que descubrió venenos, la mujer que desapareció de la prensa durante días, la escritora que convirtió el crimen en arte, y la persona que un día decidió aceptar una propuesta en medio de los páramos.

No fue una vida perfecta.
Fue una vida sostenida, reconstruida y elegida más de una vez.

▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣

“𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑎” (𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟿).
𝐸𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑖́𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎́𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑑𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑎 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑒, 𝐷𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑜𝑛.
𝑆𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜́𝑛 𝑑𝑒 𝟷𝟷 𝑑𝑖́𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑛 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟼, 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑠 𝑚𝑎́𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑢 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑎.
𝑇𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎́𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑜 𝑦 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑜, 𝑛𝑜 𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5N864-tQ_c

#agathachristie #maxmallowan #historia #literatura #arqueologia #biografia

SIGUE ⬇️

Su primera novela, "El misterioso caso de Styles", empezó a darle forma a su carrera ya en la adultez.
Tenía treinta años cuando Poirot apareció por primera vez.

Y, de algún modo, todo encaja: la niña que aprendió a leer sola, la enfermera que descubrió venenos, la mujer que desapareció de la prensa durante días, la escritora que convirtió el crimen en arte, y la persona que un día decidió aceptar una propuesta en medio de los páramos.

No fue una vida perfecta.
Fue una vida sostenida, reconstruida y elegida más de una vez.

▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣

“𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑎” (𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟿).
𝐸𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑖́𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎́𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑑𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑎 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑒, 𝐷𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑜𝑛.
𝑆𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜́𝑛 𝑑𝑒 𝟷𝟷 𝑑𝑖́𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑛 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟼, 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑠 𝑚𝑎́𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑢 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑎.
𝑇𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎́𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑜 𝑦 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑜, 𝑛𝑜 𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5N864-tQ_c

#agathachristie #maxmallowan #historia #literatura #arqueologia #biografia

SIGUE ⬇️

Su primera novela, "El misterioso caso de Styles", empezó a darle forma a su carrera ya en la adultez.
Tenía treinta años cuando Poirot apareció por primera vez.

Y, de algún modo, todo encaja: la niña que aprendió a leer sola, la enfermera que descubrió venenos, la mujer que desapareció de la prensa durante días, la escritora que convirtió el crimen en arte, y la persona que un día decidió aceptar una propuesta en medio de los páramos.

No fue una vida perfecta.
Fue una vida sostenida, reconstruida y elegida más de una vez.

▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣

“𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑎” (𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟿).
𝐸𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑖́𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎́𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑑𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑎 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑒, 𝐷𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑜𝑛.
𝑆𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜́𝑛 𝑑𝑒 𝟷𝟷 𝑑𝑖́𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑛 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟼, 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑠 𝑚𝑎́𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑢 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑎.
𝑇𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎́𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑜 𝑦 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑜, 𝑛𝑜 𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5N864-tQ_c

#agathachristie #maxmallowan #historia #literatura #arqueologia #biografia

SIGUE ⬇️

Su primera novela, "El misterioso caso de Styles", empezó a darle forma a su carrera ya en la adultez.
Tenía treinta años cuando Poirot apareció por primera vez.

Y, de algún modo, todo encaja: la niña que aprendió a leer sola, la enfermera que descubrió venenos, la mujer que desapareció de la prensa durante días, la escritora que convirtió el crimen en arte, y la persona que un día decidió aceptar una propuesta en medio de los páramos.

No fue una vida perfecta.
Fue una vida sostenida, reconstruida y elegida más de una vez.

▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣▣

“𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑎” (𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟿).
𝐸𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑖́𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎́𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑑𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑎 𝐶𝘩𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑒, 𝐷𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑜𝑛.
𝑆𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜́𝑛 𝑑𝑒 𝟷𝟷 𝑑𝑖́𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑛 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟼, 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑠 𝑚𝑎́𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑢 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑎.
𝑇𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎́𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑜 𝑦 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑜, 𝑛𝑜 𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5N864-tQ_c

#agathachristie #maxmallowan #historia #literatura #arqueologia #biografia

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A WALK ALONG COLONIAL CREEK LINK WITH KARA NEUFEGLISE

When deciding the location for our walk, drama teacher Kara Neufeglise knew they wanted to be close to water. We began at the Claude Dubrick trailway along the Grand River in Waterloo. When muddy conditions and fallen logs required us to turn back, we moved to Colonial Creek Link in the Eastbridge neighbourhood, still following the water.  

“Water for me is such a grounding thing…it’s […]

A WALK ALONG COLONIAL CREEK LINK WITH KARA NEUFEGLISE

When deciding the location for our walk, drama teacher Kara Neufeglise knew they wanted to be close to water. We began at the Claude Dubrick trailway along the Grand River in Waterloo. When muddy conditions and fallen logs required us to turn back, we moved to Colonial Creek Link in the Eastbridge neighbourhood, still following the water.  

“Water for me is such a grounding thing…it’s […]

A WALK ALONG COLONIAL CREEK LINK WITH KARA NEUFEGLISE

When deciding the location for our walk, drama teacher Kara Neufeglise knew they wanted to be close to water. We began at the Claude Dubrick trailway along the Grand River in Waterloo. When muddy conditions and fallen logs required us to turn back, we moved to Colonial Creek Link in the Eastbridge neighbourhood, still following the water.  

“Water for me is such a grounding thing…it’s […]

A WALK ALONG COLONIAL CREEK LINK WITH KARA NEUFEGLISE

When deciding the location for our walk, drama teacher Kara Neufeglise knew they wanted to be close to water. We began at the Claude Dubrick trailway along the Grand River in Waterloo. When muddy conditions and fallen logs required us to turn back, we moved to Colonial Creek Link in the Eastbridge neighbourhood, still following the water.  

“Water for me is such a grounding thing…it’s […]

A WALK ALONG COLONIAL CREEK LINK WITH KARA NEUFEGLISE

When deciding the location for our walk, drama teacher Kara Neufeglise knew they wanted to be close to water. We began at the Claude Dubrick trailway along the Grand River in Waterloo. When muddy conditions and fallen logs required us to turn back, we moved to Colonial Creek Link in the Eastbridge neighbourhood, still following the water.  

“Water for me is such a grounding thing…it’s […]

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a Zoo animal Elephants can Remember: Is it good?

I know, I know: my choice to this #MurderEveryMonday is probably again too obvious, but it also gives me the opportunity to talk about this book. Check Kate’s blog to know more about the hashtag.

Agatha Christie was 82 years old when she wrote Elephants Can Remember. This is the last novel she wrote with Poirot as the detective and it was published in November of 1972. Poirot’s Early Cases (1974) and Curtain (1975), both published afterwords, were written in the 1920s and 1930s, for the short stories, and for the last case of Poirot in the 1940s, the book being kept unpublished in a bank vault.

Even at the time of publication, the book received some less kind reviews, with some pointing out inconsistencies about times and ages, which quite frankly could (and should) have been avoided by the editors and publisher of the book. Still, many today consider this a lesser work, but I find several reasons to like it.

The book starts with Mrs. Ariadne Oliver going to a literary luncheon. Oliver is the alter-ego of Agatha Christie: she likes apples, she is always trying hair styles, writes crime fiction, and complains about her Finn detective, lamenting inventing him, since she doesn’t know anything about Finland. It’s always a delight to have her as a character in a book. In the first chapter, Mrs. Oliver tell us about her problems with making speeches, the questions people always ask her, the letters she receives from her readers, and how she tries to deal with all of this. And I found this a delight because it seems clear we’re given a glimpse of something Christie also struggled with and knew first hand.

At that lunch, a woman asks Mrs. Oliver if she is the godmother of Celia Ravenscroft and after corroboration, the woman continues: “Did her mother kill her father or was it the father who killed the mother?”.

And I still remember, when I first read this book (which is more than I can say for so many other books), I was as puzzled as Mrs. Oliver. I mean, why would it matter if it was the father or the mother? Why would it be so important to know? But this also tell us something about the beliefs and obsessions of the people in the past (in this case, in the 1970s). I think Agatha Christie was more observant than a talkative person, and because of that she noticed things more. And I love her books have these snippets she took from her observations: it can be something she heard someone saying, or it can be something being discussed in a newspaper, some new advance in science, something she remembers her family doing when she was a child, etc.

This is also a book about a murder in the past and deals with the people’s memory (the elephants), sometimes people remember certain things, but not others, or they remember things differently. And it’s Poirot job to make sense of all this.

I didn’t re-read this one for some time now, but I remember liking it. And now that I’ve talked about what I liked about it, I’ll be re-reading it again shortly. So, tell me, did you read Elephants Can Remember? Did you like it or not? And why?

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a Zoo animal Elephants can Remember: Is it good?

I know, I know: my choice to this #MurderEveryMonday is probably again too obvious, but it also gives me the opportunity to talk about this book. Check Kate’s blog to know more about the hashtag.

Agatha Christie was 82 years old when she wrote Elephants Can Remember. This is the last novel she wrote with Poirot as the detective and it was published in November of 1972. Poirot’s Early Cases (1974) and Curtain (1975), both published afterwords, were written in the 1920s and 1930s, for the short stories, and for the last case of Poirot in the 1940s, the book being kept unpublished in a bank vault.

Even at the time of publication, the book received some less kind reviews, with some pointing out inconsistencies about times and ages, which quite frankly could (and should) have been avoided by the editors and publisher of the book. Still, many today consider this a lesser work, but I find several reasons to like it.

The book starts with Mrs. Ariadne Oliver going to a literary luncheon. Oliver is the alter-ego of Agatha Christie: she likes apples, she is always trying hair styles, writes crime fiction, and complains about her Finn detective, lamenting inventing him, since she doesn’t know anything about Finland. It’s always a delight to have her as a character in a book. In the first chapter, Mrs. Oliver tell us about her problems with making speeches, the questions people always ask her, the letters she receives from her readers, and how she tries to deal with all of this. And I found this a delight because it seems clear we’re given a glimpse of something Christie also struggled with and knew first hand.

At that lunch, a woman asks Mrs. Oliver if she is the godmother of Celia Ravenscroft and after corroboration, the woman continues: “Did her mother kill her father or was it the father who killed the mother?”.

And I still remember, when I first read this book (which is more than I can say for so many other books), I was as puzzled as Mrs. Oliver. I mean, why would it matter if it was the father or the mother? Why would it be so important to know? But this also tell us something about the beliefs and obsessions of the people in the past (in this case, in the 1970s). I think Agatha Christie was more observant than a talkative person, and because of that she noticed things more. And I love her books have these snippets she took from her observations: it can be something she heard someone saying, or it can be something being discussed in a newspaper, some new advance in science, something she remembers her family doing when she was a child, etc.

This is also a book about a murder in the past and deals with the people’s memory (the elephants), sometimes people remember certain things, but not others, or they remember things differently. And it’s Poirot job to make sense of all this.

I didn’t re-read this one for some time now, but I remember liking it. And now that I’ve talked about what I liked about it, I’ll be re-reading it again shortly. So, tell me, did you read Elephants Can Remember? Did you like it or not? And why?

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a Zoo animal Elephants can Remember: Is it good?

I know, I know: my choice to this #MurderEveryMonday is probably again too obvious, but it also gives me the opportunity to talk about this book. Check Kate’s blog to know more about the hashtag.

Agatha Christie was 82 years old when she wrote Elephants Can Remember. This is the last novel she wrote with Poirot as the detective and it was published in November of 1972. Poirot’s Early Cases (1974) and Curtain (1975), both published afterwords, were written in the 1920s and 1930s, for the short stories, and for the last case of Poirot in the 1940s, the book being kept unpublished in a bank vault.

Even at the time of publication, the book received some less kind reviews, with some pointing out inconsistencies about times and ages, which quite frankly could (and should) have been avoided by the editors and publisher of the book. Still, many today consider this a lesser work, but I find several reasons to like it.

The book starts with Mrs. Ariadne Oliver going to a literary luncheon. Oliver is the alter-ego of Agatha Christie: she likes apples, she is always trying hair styles, writes crime fiction, and complains about her Finn detective, lamenting inventing him, since she doesn’t know anything about Finland. It’s always a delight to have her as a character in a book. In the first chapter, Mrs. Oliver tell us about her problems with making speeches, the questions people always ask her, the letters she receives from her readers, and how she tries to deal with all of this. And I found this a delight because it seems clear we’re given a glimpse of something Christie also struggled with and knew first hand.

At that lunch, a woman asks Mrs. Oliver if she is the godmother of Celia Ravenscroft and after corroboration, the woman continues: “Did her mother kill her father or was it the father who killed the mother?”.

And I still remember, when I first read this book (which is more than I can say for so many other books), I was as puzzled as Mrs. Oliver. I mean, why would it matter if it was the father or the mother? Why would it be so important to know? But this also tell us something about the beliefs and obsessions of the people in the past (in this case, in the 1970s). I think Agatha Christie was more observant than a talkative person, and because of that she noticed things more. And I love her books have these snippets she took from her observations: it can be something she heard someone saying, or it can be something being discussed in a newspaper, some new advance in science, something she remembers her family doing when she was a child, etc.

This is also a book about a murder in the past and deals with the people’s memory (the elephants), sometimes people remember certain things, but not others, or they remember things differently. And it’s Poirot job to make sense of all this.

I didn’t re-read this one for some time now, but I remember liking it. And now that I’ve talked about what I liked about it, I’ll be re-reading it again shortly. So, tell me, did you read Elephants Can Remember? Did you like it or not? And why?

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a Zoo animal Elephants can Remember: Is it good?

I know, I know: my choice to this #MurderEveryMonday is probably again too obvious, but it also gives me the opportunity to talk about this book. Check Kate’s blog to know more about the hashtag.

Agatha Christie was 82 years old when she wrote Elephants Can Remember. This is the last novel she wrote with Poirot as the detective and it was published in November of 1972. Poirot’s Early Cases (1974) and Curtain (1975), both published afterwords, were written in the 1920s and 1930s, for the short stories, and for the last case of Poirot in the 1940s, the book being kept unpublished in a bank vault.

Even at the time of publication, the book received some less kind reviews, with some pointing out inconsistencies about times and ages, which quite frankly could (and should) have been avoided by the editors and publisher of the book. Still, many today consider this a lesser work, but I find several reasons to like it.

The book starts with Mrs. Ariadne Oliver going to a literary luncheon. Oliver is the alter-ego of Agatha Christie: she likes apples, she is always trying hair styles, writes crime fiction, and complains about her Finn detective, lamenting inventing him, since she doesn’t know anything about Finland. It’s always a delight to have her as a character in a book. In the first chapter, Mrs. Oliver tell us about her problems with making speeches, the questions people always ask her, the letters she receives from her readers, and how she tries to deal with all of this. And I found this a delight because it seems clear we’re given a glimpse of something Christie also struggled with and knew first hand.

At that lunch, a woman asks Mrs. Oliver if she is the godmother of Celia Ravenscroft and after corroboration, the woman continues: “Did her mother kill her father or was it the father who killed the mother?”.

And I still remember, when I first read this book (which is more than I can say for so many other books), I was as puzzled as Mrs. Oliver. I mean, why would it matter if it was the father or the mother? Why would it be so important to know? But this also tell us something about the beliefs and obsessions of the people in the past (in this case, in the 1970s). I think Agatha Christie was more observant than a talkative person, and because of that she noticed things more. And I love her books have these snippets she took from her observations: it can be something she heard someone saying, or it can be something being discussed in a newspaper, some new advance in science, something she remembers her family doing when she was a child, etc.

This is also a book about a murder in the past and deals with the people’s memory (the elephants), sometimes people remember certain things, but not others, or they remember things differently. And it’s Poirot job to make sense of all this.

I didn’t re-read this one for some time now, but I remember liking it. And now that I’ve talked about what I liked about it, I’ll be re-reading it again shortly. So, tell me, did you read Elephants Can Remember? Did you like it or not? And why?

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a Zoo animal Elephants can Remember: Is it good?

I know, I know: my choice to this #MurderEveryMonday is probably again too obvious, but it also gives me the opportunity to talk about this book. Check Kate’s blog to know more about the hashtag.

Agatha Christie was 82 years old when she wrote Elephants Can Remember. This is the last novel she wrote with Poirot as the detective and it was published in November of 1972. Poirot’s Early Cases (1974) and Curtain (1975), both published afterwords, were written in the 1920s and 1930s, for the short stories, and for the last case of Poirot in the 1940s, the book being kept unpublished in a bank vault.

Even at the time of publication, the book received some less kind reviews, with some pointing out inconsistencies about times and ages, which quite frankly could (and should) have been avoided by the editors and publisher of the book. Still, many today consider this a lesser work, but I find several reasons to like it.

The book starts with Mrs. Ariadne Oliver going to a literary luncheon. Oliver is the alter-ego of Agatha Christie: she likes apples, she is always trying hair styles, writes crime fiction, and complains about her Finn detective, lamenting inventing him, since she doesn’t know anything about Finland. It’s always a delight to have her as a character in a book. In the first chapter, Mrs. Oliver tell us about her problems with making speeches, the questions people always ask her, the letters she receives from her readers, and how she tries to deal with all of this. And I found this a delight because it seems clear we’re given a glimpse of something Christie also struggled with and knew first hand.

At that lunch, a woman asks Mrs. Oliver if she is the godmother of Celia Ravenscroft and after corroboration, the woman continues: “Did her mother kill her father or was it the father who killed the mother?”.

And I still remember, when I first read this book (which is more than I can say for so many other books), I was as puzzled as Mrs. Oliver. I mean, why would it matter if it was the father or the mother? Why would it be so important to know? But this also tell us something about the beliefs and obsessions of the people in the past (in this case, in the 1970s). I think Agatha Christie was more observant than a talkative person, and because of that she noticed things more. And I love her books have these snippets she took from her observations: it can be something she heard someone saying, or it can be something being discussed in a newspaper, some new advance in science, something she remembers her family doing when she was a child, etc.

This is also a book about a murder in the past and deals with the people’s memory (the elephants), sometimes people remember certain things, but not others, or they remember things differently. And it’s Poirot job to make sense of all this.

I didn’t re-read this one for some time now, but I remember liking it. And now that I’ve talked about what I liked about it, I’ll be re-reading it again shortly. So, tell me, did you read Elephants Can Remember? Did you like it or not? And why?

Felicity Jones To Play Agatha Christie In ‘Eleven Missing Days’ About Author’s Mysterious Disappearance; Vincent Cassel Co-Stars With Fortitude Launching For Cannes Market
#News #AgathaChristie #Cannes #CannesMarket #ElevenMissingDays #FelicityJones #VincentCassel

https://deadline.com/2026/05/felicity-jones-agatha-christie-eleven-missing-days-film-1236892746/

Felicity Jones To Play Agatha Christie In ‘Eleven Missing Days’ About Author’s Mysterious Disappearance; Vincent Cassel Co-Stars With Fortitude Launching For Cannes Market
#News #AgathaChristie #Cannes #CannesMarket #ElevenMissingDays #FelicityJones #VincentCassel

https://deadline.com/2026/05/felicity-jones-agatha-christie-eleven-missing-days-film-1236892746/

Felicity Jones To Play Agatha Christie In ‘Eleven Missing Days’ About Author’s Mysterious Disappearance; Vincent Cassel Co-Stars With Fortitude Launching For Cannes Market
#News #AgathaChristie #Cannes #CannesMarket #ElevenMissingDays #FelicityJones #VincentCassel

https://deadline.com/2026/05/felicity-jones-agatha-christie-eleven-missing-days-film-1236892746/

Felicity Jones To Play Agatha Christie In ‘Eleven Missing Days’ About Author’s Mysterious Disappearance; Vincent Cassel Co-Stars With Fortitude Launching For Cannes Market
#News #AgathaChristie #Cannes #CannesMarket #ElevenMissingDays #FelicityJones #VincentCassel

https://deadline.com/2026/05/felicity-jones-agatha-christie-eleven-missing-days-film-1236892746/

https://www.europesays.com/sk/62774/ 93 pravidiel, vypchávky a chôdza tučniaka: Takto sa rodil dokonalý Poirot, pred ktorým sa sklonila aj kráľovná Alžbeta II. – Z obrazovky i spoza nej – Koktail #AgathaChristie #Celebrities #Celebrity #DavidSuchet #Entertainment #FamousPeople #HerculePoirot #JubileáHviezd #KráľovnáAlžbetaIi #rodina #SK #SlávneOsobnosti #Slovak #Slovakia #Slovenčina #Slovensko #Zábava

https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/119205/ ‘Moses & Plato’, un jeu vidéo d’enquête aux allures de polar d’Agatha Christie #AgathaChristie #animal #ArtsEtDivertissement #Cinéma #Culture #Divertissement #Enquête #Entertainment #JeuVidéo #Jeux #JeuxVidéo #LastTrain #Loisirs #RomanPolicier #Suisse #VieQuotidienneEtLoisirs

https://www.europesays.com/cz/76977/ Na Nově za pár minut začíná jeden z nejlepších seriálů všech dob. Poběží od 1. dílu #AgathaChristie #CoStojíVTvZaZhlédnutí #Entertainment #HerculePoirot #noshp #TvProgram #Zábava

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a series sleuth

For today’s #MurderEvryMonday I decided to start with Miss Marple, here with The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side and A Crime is Announced (a favorite).

Then, we continue with Lord Peter Wimsey (also a favorite). The Portuguese edition being the short story collection Lord Peter Views the Body.

And finally a depiction of Father Brown.

It’s quite interesting to see how characters are depicted in book covers and how/if they differ from our own imagination.

If you want to know more about #MurderEveryMonday check Kate Jackson’s blog, see the next themes, and share your covers using the hashtag.

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a series sleuth

For today’s #MurderEvryMonday I decided to start with Miss Marple, here with The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side and A Crime is Announced (a favorite).

Then, we continue with Lord Peter Wimsey (also a favorite). The Portuguese edition being the short story collection Lord Peter Views the Body.

And finally a depiction of Father Brown.

It’s quite interesting to see how characters are depicted in book covers and how/if they differ from our own imagination.

If you want to know more about #MurderEveryMonday check Kate Jackson’s blog, see the next themes, and share your covers using the hashtag.

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a series sleuth

For today’s #MurderEvryMonday I decided to start with Miss Marple, here with The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side and A Crime is Announced (a favorite).

Then, we continue with Lord Peter Wimsey (also a favorite). The Portuguese edition being the short story collection Lord Peter Views the Body.

And finally a depiction of Father Brown.

It’s quite interesting to see how characters are depicted in book covers and how/if they differ from our own imagination.

If you want to know more about #MurderEveryMonday check Kate Jackson’s blog, see the next themes, and share your covers using the hashtag.

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a series sleuth

For today’s #MurderEvryMonday I decided to start with Miss Marple, here with The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side and A Crime is Announced (a favorite).

Then, we continue with Lord Peter Wimsey (also a favorite). The Portuguese edition being the short story collection Lord Peter Views the Body.

And finally a depiction of Father Brown.

It’s quite interesting to see how characters are depicted in book covers and how/if they differ from our own imagination.

If you want to know more about #MurderEveryMonday check Kate Jackson’s blog, see the next themes, and share your covers using the hashtag.

#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a series sleuth

For today’s #MurderEvryMonday I decided to start with Miss Marple, here with The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side and A Crime is Announced (a favorite).

Then, we continue with Lord Peter Wimsey (also a favorite). The Portuguese edition being the short story collection Lord Peter Views the Body.

And finally a depiction of Father Brown.

It’s quite interesting to see how characters are depicted in book covers and how/if they differ from our own imagination.

If you want to know more about #MurderEveryMonday check Kate Jackson’s blog, see the next themes, and share your covers using the hashtag.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴.

Named in honour of #AgathaChristie, the awards are voted on by fans and attendees of the annual convention, which remains one of the most beloved gatherings in the #mystery community. 🔍

Read more at our 🔗 link in the comments.
#bookblog #awards #bookstodon

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴.

Named in honour of #AgathaChristie, the awards are voted on by fans and attendees of the annual convention, which remains one of the most beloved gatherings in the #mystery community. 🔍

Read more at our 🔗 link in the comments.
#bookblog #awards #bookstodon

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴.

Named in honour of #AgathaChristie, the awards are voted on by fans and attendees of the annual convention, which remains one of the most beloved gatherings in the #mystery community. 🔍

Read more at our 🔗 link in the comments.
#bookblog #awards #bookstodon

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴.

Named in honour of #AgathaChristie, the awards are voted on by fans and attendees of the annual convention, which remains one of the most beloved gatherings in the #mystery community. 🔍

Read more at our 🔗 link in the comments.
#bookblog #awards #bookstodon

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴.

Named in honour of #AgathaChristie, the awards are voted on by fans and attendees of the annual convention, which remains one of the most beloved gatherings in the #mystery community. 🔍

Read more at our 🔗 link in the comments.
#bookblog #awards #bookstodon

https://www.europesays.com/cz/73440/ Poirota hrát nechtěl, ale pak našel v knihách něco překvapivého. David Suchet slaví 80 – iDNES.cz #AgathaChristie #DavidSuchet #Entertainment #HerculePoirot #VelkáBritánie #Zábava

🫖 … ein gemütliches Lesecafé 📚

Briony führt ein kleines Lesecafé in Little Nymfield, einem idyllischen Dorf in den Cotswolds. Ihr Geschäft läuft dank Touristen und einheimischen Stammkunden ziemlich gut, bis im Ort Konkurrenz auftaucht und Brionys Café dem Kampf ansagt.
Da taucht Kater Darcy mit einem verletzten Kätzchen auf und bringt Briony auf neue Geschäftsideen. https://gesineschulz.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/ein-gemuetliches-lesecafe/

#Caturday #AutorinGesineSchulz #GlückskaterDarcy #AgathaChristie #LesenMachtFreude

#PorSiTeLoPerdiste Adaptaciones de Netflix disparan ventas editoriales y audiolibros en 2026 https://www.enter.co/cultura-digital/entretenimiento/adaptaciones-de-netflix-disparan-ventas-editoriales-y-audiolibros-en-2026/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Entretenimiento #adaptaciones #AgathaChristie

Today in #newbooks in our #library - 2 new #biofiction novels on #AgathaChristie 👑
The Queen of Crime disappeared for 11 days in 1926. These 2 novels by Marie Benedict & Nina de Gramont fictionalise this real #mystery in different ways

#AmericanLiterature #EnglishLiterature

Adaptaciones de Netflix disparan ventas editoriales y audiolibros en 2026 https://www.enter.co/cultura-digital/entretenimiento/adaptaciones-de-netflix-disparan-ventas-editoriales-y-audiolibros-en-2026/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Entretenimiento #adaptaciones #AgathaChristie

Another #vintagecrime gem from the June 1940 edition of 'The Strand Magazine' - Poirot in 'The Erymanthean Boar', one of the 'Labours of Hercules' stories. @[email protected] @[email protected] #AgathaChristie #Poirot #detection #crime

Another #vintagecrime gem from the June 1940 edition of 'The Strand Magazine' - Poirot in 'The Erymanthean Boar', one of the 'Labours of Hercules' stories. @[email protected] @[email protected] #AgathaChristie #Poirot #detection #crime

Agatha Christie’s Enduring Love Affair With Greece https://www.byteseu.com/1964048/ #AgathaChristie #Greece #GreekNews #GreekTravels #LovedGreece #MaxMallowan

After finishing book number 34 for the year, the next ebook will be Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie

#CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Bookworm #BookLovers #eBook #Kindle #AgathaChristie #HickoryDickoryDock #HerculePoirot

After finishing book number 34 for the year, the next ebook will be Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie

#CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Bookworm #BookLovers #eBook #Kindle #AgathaChristie #HickoryDickoryDock #HerculePoirot

After finishing book number 34 for the year, the next ebook will be Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie

#CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Bookworm #BookLovers #eBook #Kindle #AgathaChristie #HickoryDickoryDock #HerculePoirot

La 𝐒éance du 𝐒oir

𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞
Film de #BillyWilder en 1957
Avec #MarleneDietrich #CharlesLaughton et #ElsaLanchester

#WitnessForTheProsecution #AgathaChristie #cinegenres
#classic #cinema #film #movie #LaSéanceDuSoir #FreeGleizes

𝐋a 𝐒éance du 𝐒oir:
https://cinegenres.com/film-de-la-soiree/

This book gives us background and historical context about #AgathaChristie #books and stories, but what I love the most are the descriptions of the first editions (size, dust jackets, ads, maps, etc), showing the object people would read.

https://youtube.com/shorts/pZVqvgEG_2A

The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

I have slowly been working my way through Agatha’s books for years. I am a true fan.

In this one, Poirot is asked to help a wealthy many in France. When Poirot arrives, the man is already dead.

The body was found on the golf course.

Poirot is joined by a love-struck Hastings who meets two different women who catch his eye and possibly his heart.

Because Poirot was requested by the victim, he is allowed to investigate but learns quickly to stay out of the way of the French Inspector Giraud.

Poirot puts all the pieces together as he unravels this crime while simultaneously watching the bumbling French Inspector.

There are plenty of suspects and another interesting setting for this story. I love returning to these books. It feels like visiting an old friend. You can expect more reviews of Agatha’s books because I genuinely enjoy reading them.

I chose this book because for the past two years I have purchased a Poirot wall calendar for my office. I am trying to read each book featured for the month. This was the March book.

I have also been watching the television adaptations. This one stayed close to the book. I watch them on one of the British channels.

I would recommend Agatha to anyone who loves Golden Age mysteries. I do believe she is the queen.

My edition was published in 2022 by Arcturus Publishing Limited. This was the second Poirot so I believe it was originally published in the early 1920’s.

I include links to purchase for my readers who want to buy a copy quickly. As an associate, I earn from qualified purchases. Thanks to all my readers who have supported me in the past.

A few books by Agatha Christie:

The Murder on the Links

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

What I am currently reading:

All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall – a book club choice.

The Moonshine Women by Michelle Collins Anderson – a NetGalley read.

If you are interested in any of my previously read books, check out my Pango Book Shop – Get Lost in a Book Shop – https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/virginia468417.

Books recently sold are – Atomic Habits, Wives and Daughters, and The Dark Tower. I add new books often.

A few other Agatha Christie reviews:

https://virginia-gruver.com/2026/02/20/hickory-dickory-dock-by-agatha-christie/

https://virginia-gruver.com/2025/09/26/the-abc-murders-by-agatha-christie/

https://virginia-gruver.com/2025/05/05/cards-on-the-table-by-agatha-christie/

https://virginia-gruver.com/2024/12/09/450-from-paddington-by-agatha-christie/

Happy Reading!

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"Je ne suis pas français,
je suis belge!"

Cit. Poirot

#poirot #agathachristie

https://www.europesays.com/fi/218176/ Päivän tv-vinkit | Barbie on hyvä esimerkki siitä, että joskus sekä kriitikot että yleisö ovat yhdessä väärässä | Uutissuomalainen #AgathaChristie #Elokuvagenre #Entertainment #FI #Finland #Finnish #HerculePoirot #PäivänTvVinkit #Suomi #Televisio #TvJaElokuvat #viihde #Virtuaalimaailma

Damn

https://bsky.app/profile/kendrawrites.com/post/3mirxasypas27

#AgathaChristie #Racism

Want to improve book info on Wikimedia? Join #EveryBookItsReader 2026

Every Book Its Reader is a campaign to incentivise everyone to improve quality content about books through Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikibooks, and Wikisource. It usually runs through the whole month of April. You can go to the campaign website and follow the instructions to link your Wikimedia account to the campaign and thus have your contributions counted.

This means you can create a new Wikipedia page for an author or book that doesn’t exist yet or, if you want to start with a less demanding task, you can search for Wikipedia articles about your favourite authors or books, read them and add information or add references for the information already published. You can also contribute to the other platforms of Wikimedia, like the Commons, the Wikibooks, or Wikisource (if you’re uploading an item, be sure to check if you have the copyright of the work or if it’s in public domain).

Another more easy option is to contribute to Wikidata (at least for me), a wiki of structured data. This means that once the data is there, you can ask (create queries) about what you want to know. Some examples:

You can also use the more easy visual query builder here. But to ask questions, we need the data there.

This year I thought I would add information about Elizabeth Fair books to Wikidata. There’s already an item for the author, but not her books. I started by creating an item for the work Bramton Wick, published in 1952. But I also wanted to add the 2017 edition by Dean Street Press, so I added a new item for that edition (one work can have several editions). And I wanted to describe it as much as possible: that it was published by DSP (there was not info about it, so I created a new item for the publisher), in the Furrowed Middlebrow collection (for which I also created an item) with an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford (that was already on Wikidata, so I linked to it directly). At the end, I went to the item about Elizabeth Fair, that was already on Wikidata, and was able to link Bramton Wick to her notable works. I’m linking here all the items to Wikidata, so if you have more info, you can go there and add to them.

So I’m hoping to find some time during this month to add at least Fair’s other books (yeah, I know you can tell I love her books 😍).

In the 2024 campaign, I added to Wikidata information about (autolink, in Portuguese) titles to Agatha Christie’s books to solve a problem I (and probably many others that read in more than one language) face: the fact the same book can have very different titles, which means that you can find what it seems a new to you book by a given author, but it just has a different title of a book you already own or read.

Steven from @christie_in_translation at Instagram shares regularly different countries’ editions of Agatha Christie’s books and reflects about the different translations of her titles. In Christie’s case, we even have the same book in the same language (English) with a different title, depending if it was published in the UK or the US.

So this year I decided to extend it to new authors and I’m using a Portuguese collection of crime fiction (Colecção Vampiro) to add the Portuguese titles to the original items’ titles in Wikidata.

As you can see, you can go from simple to more complex contributions to the Every Book Its Reader, and each one is as much important as the other. So, why not give it a go?