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Summary: Brilliance Tarnished by Plagiarism
Review: "Crooked House" has long been considered one of Agatha Christie's most brilliant and memorable books -- the author herself singled it out as a favorite. I gave it a five-star review two years ago, but was recently stunned to see this one-line comment by Korean reviewer "ellermoris":>this mystery pirate ellery queen's work "the tragedy of y" Agatha Christie a plagiarist! During her golden years of the 1940s? Surely this couldn't be true ... could it? Yes, it could be. And it is. Here is the plot of "The Tragedy of Y," without giving away any major surprises: Three generations of a warped, wealthy family live together in one house. The hated grandparent is murdered. The children's tutor is wrongly arrested. Secret handwritten documents emerge that solve the crime. The murderer is shockingly revealed to be <the same person as in "Crooked House">. (Given the ostensible originality of Christie's ending, this last point is the most damning of all.) "The Tragedy of Y" was first published in 1932 under the pseudonym of Barnaby Ross. It was reissued as a paperback in 1945 credited to the more familiar pseudonym of Ellery Queen. "Crooked House" was published in 1949. Despite this disturbing and embarrassing discovery, I would still strongly recommend "Crooked House." It's a better book than "The Tragedy of Y," which suffers from a surfeit of clues, an overly analytical explanation, and weak characterization. Christie takes the same ingenious plot and turns it into a compelling human tragedy with an intuitively satisfying solution. We'll just have to live with the fact that the plot wasn't hers....
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Summary: Good Idea: Dissapointing, However.
Review: A single act of murder and a "who-did-it" plot creates 200 pages of questioning, only to find the murderer is the most unlikely person of them all. Christie should have developed the characters Charles and Sophia more; it was dissapointing to learn almost nothing about them and what happens to them after the murder is solved.
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Summary: EXCELLENT BOOK FOR FREE TIME.
Review: Although is a little bit large, it is an excellent story. I think is one of her best books. The only thing I wished, was the fact it had some few clues.
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Summary: swell
Review: before starting reading murder on orient express,a pal of mine had said about killer/killers.you bet,all along i knew everything about last chapter.thats why,an end of book(or flick)musnt be revealed.in this book ,i chosed a killer.i was sure that killer that person.but i failed like every reader of this book.staggering
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Summary: This is one of the BEST books writen by Agatha Christie!
Review: Ever since my mother introduced me to murder mysteries, I've never stopped reading Agatha Christie. This book was one of my favourites. I could never gues who the murderer was! I mean, when you read a lot of murder-mysteries, you generaly KNOW who's going to be the murderer. But in this book, you can never guess! That's what I like about her. She keeps us in suspense until the end!
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Summary: And They All Lived Together In A Little Crooked House
Review: Having read all of the Agatha Christies at least twice, I can honestly say that "Crooked House" is my very favorite. One reason is that Agatha Christie does in this novel what she does best---gathers an extended family all under one roof, allows one of the family to be murdered, and shows quite clearly that all the others had motive and opportunity. "Crooked House" is an excellent story of a complex family. The patriarch is Aristide Leonides, a Greek who has come to England and made a fortune in the restaurant and catering business. His mansion is home to his two sons, two daughters-in-law, three grandchildren, his first wife's sister, and now to his young and beautiful second wife plus the grandchildren's tutor. When the wealthy old man is poisoned, the reader learns that everyone had not only a motive but also an alibi. The characterizations are wonderful and the characters stand out as some of Mrs. Christie's most memorable ones. The usual detectives are absent in this one, but the detecting is in the capable hands of Charles Hayward, the son of a Scotland Yard detective and the fiance of Aristide's granddaughter Sophia Leonides. When the blood-chilling ending occurs, one is shocked and yet, on careful reexamination, must admit that all the clues were clearly there. Curl up with a cup of cocoa (unpoisoned, of course) and enjoy this classic crime with one of Mrs. Christie's most spectacular and unforgettable endings.
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Summary: And They All Lived Together In A Little Crooked House
Review: Having read all of the Agatha Christies at least twice, I can honestly say that "Crooked House" is my very favorite. One reason is that Agatha Christie does in this novel what she does best---gathers an extended family all under one roof, allows one of the family to be murdered, and shows quite clearly that all the others had motive and opportunity. "Crooked House" is an excellent story of a complex family. The patriarch is Aristide Leonides, a Greek who has come to England and made a fortune in the restaurant and catering business. His mansion is home to his two sons, two daughters-in-law, three grandchildren, his first wife's sister, and now to his young and beautiful second wife plus the grandchildren's tutor. When the wealthy old man is poisoned, the reader learns that everyone had not only a motive but also an alibi. The characterizations are wonderful and the characters stand out as some of Mrs. Christie's most memorable ones. The usual detectives are absent in this one, but the detecting is in the capable hands of Charles Hayward, the son of a Scotland Yard detective and the fiance of Aristide's granddaughter Sophia Leonides. When the blood-chilling ending occurs, one is shocked and yet, on careful reexamination, must admit that all the clues were clearly there. Curl up with a cup of cocoa (unpoisoned, of course) and enjoy this classic crime with one of Mrs. Christie's most spectacular and unforgettable endings.
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Summary: One of Agatha Christies best!!!!
Review: i have read almost 30 of the agatha christie books and plan to finish them all!!! ive become quite good at figuring them out and i thought this one was fairly easy to figure out. i was in a way mad at the ending and i thought this book had a very evil feel to it unlike most of her books. but if your a fan of murder this is one you will defineately want to read!!! along with "murder on the nile" (my very favorite book of hers) which i figured out:D "the murder of rodger ackroyde" and "and then there were none"
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Summary: one of my best ...
Review: I have read almost all novels of Ms.Cristie , but in my native language. I am eager to reread her novels in English. "The Crooked House" is one of them.
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Summary: One of Agatha Christies best!!!!
Review: In this stock account of the poisoning of a Greek tycoon by a close family member, there is far more conversation than deduction, far more discovery of possible motive than ratiocination. Indeed, the identity of the psychologically abnormal murderer dawns on the narrator-hero only after the murderer's diary falls into his hands. Not one of Christie's best.
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