tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post658724422563479629..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Review: MISS MARPLE: complete short stories, Agatha ChristieKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-73200004530249210622010-10-12T00:53:01.098+10:302010-10-12T00:53:01.098+10:30Oh! The memories it brings back. I used to read Ag...Oh! The memories it brings back. I used to read Agatha Christie's novels quite a lot when I was younger. I'm pretty sure I must have read some of these stories.<br />I understand how you might find unsatisfied; I feel that the short-story genre and Agatha Christie do not mix easily and are even contradictory. The short story is more about suggestion than detail and plot, whereas Agatha Christie's works are all about plot and about how every little detail is resolved at the end...Emhttp://emeire.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-58886246226106745782010-10-03T14:44:05.978+10:302010-10-03T14:44:05.978+10:30I didn't know that all the Miss Marple short s...I didn't know that all the Miss Marple short stories were collected in one volume but, of course, it makes sense. I still have mine from previous year's purchase so I'll probably stick with them.<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear that the later stories are so patchy. Could be she had too much on her plate? But this is what we wanted to see by reading all these books in their publication order. At some point, I guess, there has to be some decline.<br /><br />Nice complete review. Thanks.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422981969760935118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-34247945552898592382010-10-02T22:12:58.601+09:302010-10-02T22:12:58.601+09:30Kerrie - Thanks for this review. Short stories are...Kerrie - Thanks for this review. Short stories are a bit tricky, aren't they? I honestly think they are harder to write in their way than novels are. The right amount of detail, but not too much... It's difficult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com