I loved this episode on Poirot with David Suchet so I decided it was high time to finally listen to the book on which it was based.
I was initially puI loved this episode on Poirot with David Suchet so I decided it was high time to finally listen to the book on which it was based.
I was initially put off by it NOT being narrated by Hugh Fraser as so many of the Poirot tales are but there's a good reason for this that one soon discovers. The original tale was clearly crafted as a tale told by a woman narrator who was there and was involved in the events described. While the character of nurse Amy Leatheran is in the TV episode, her role was greatly reduced in order to give Hastings a place in the episode. As with the rest of the television series, this tale was lovingly adapted but with far fewer Art Deco references and the subplot about Poirot's larcenous Countess Vera Rossakoff was added.
Loved the BBC adaptation. In some ways it was better than the text. I guess that's what happens when so many talented people are involved in reproduciLoved the BBC adaptation. In some ways it was better than the text. I guess that's what happens when so many talented people are involved in reproducing something they love....more
Another great series of mysteries solved by the redoubtable Miss Marple.
These short stories are each presented by members of a group recounting mysteAnother great series of mysteries solved by the redoubtable Miss Marple.
These short stories are each presented by members of a group recounting mysteries and challenging the others of the group to solve them. Of course, Miss Marple is always right in the end.
I've got the audiobook version as narrated by Joan Hickson who many consider the perfect Miss Marple. This book is PERFECT for an audiobook in that it's primarily a group of people sitting around recounting mysteries where they know the answers and are challenging the others to solve them. This makes it unnecessary to have more than one narrator doing dialogue and not all of the people are equally competent at recounting their mysteries. It's eminently re-listenable.
Love that they twice use the word benignant. Pity that I lived 50+ years knowing the word malignant but never realizing that benignant was a word too....more
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