It is also in the process of being adapted into a 3 part, BBC television drama, which is destined to hit our screens according to IMDB on the 27 December 2015. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret.Īnd Then There Were None was voted the World’s Favourite Christie in a recent online poll to mark 125 years since the birth of the author.

Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. A book which Christie said herself “It was so difficult to do,” she writes, “that the idea had fascinated me.” I was left feeling bewildered but in a satisfied way. Then you know the answer but you are not sure if it is the right one or not. It has twists and turns, you think you know the answer but then you don’t. So what of the book, well actually how can you write a review for a book which will basically give away the whole plot and for me the simple answer is you cannot. Remembering that it does not feature any of her well-known detectives, Poirot, Miss Marple or Tommy and Tuppence. He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.Īnd yet I have not even touched upon the novel itself, which is said to be one of Christie’s masterpieces and without a doubt is, now I have finally got round to reading it. One got frizzled up and then there was one. Two little Indian Boys sitting in the sun Three little Indian Boys walking in the zoo Ī big bear hugged one and then there were two. One got in Chancery and then there were four.įour little Indian Boys going out to sea Ī red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Six little Indian Boys playing with a hive Ī bumblebee stung one and then there were five.įive little Indian Boys going in for law One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. Seven little Indian Boys chopping up sticks One said he’d stay there and then there were seven. One overslept himself and then there were eight.Įight little Indian Boys travelling in Devon Nine little Indian Boys sat up very late

One choked his little self and then there were nine. For those who do not know the rhyme, Christie does show it again in the book – I have taken this version from Wikipedia and it uses Indian instead of Nigger. The title although seemingly insignificant plays a part in the overall story. Ironically, it also meant that subsequent publications went to Ten Little Indians in the UK, to the one that the novel is known by now – And Then There Were None. In the US the title was changed to the one we are now more familiar with – due to the fact that nigger was racially offensive in the US. However I have chosen to start from the beginning of the book and this in fact is the original title when it was first published in November 1939 in the UK. First of all, it is not my intention to offend anyone with the title of this book.

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