And Then There Were None

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Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (2003)

250 pages

Published July 9, 2003

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3 stars (2 reviews)

And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as Ten Little Niggers, after the children's counting rhyme and minstrel song, which serves as a major element of the plot. A US edition was released in January 1940 with the title And Then There Were None, which is taken from the last five words of the song. All successive American reprints and adaptations use that title, except for the Pocket Books paperbacks published between 1964 and 1986, which appeared under the title Ten Little Indians. The book is the world's best-selling mystery, and with over 100 million copies sold is one of the best-selling books of all time. Publications International lists the novel as the …

32 editions

reviewed Ils étaient dix (Nouv. éd. de "Dix petits nègres") by Agatha Christie

Quand le hasard fait mal les choses

2 stars

Premier Agatha Christie pour moi, la découverte du «méta-roman» de Pierre Bayard, La vérité sur Ils étaient dix, m'a fait lire d'abord la version originale. L'intrigue est prometteuse, une île comme chambre close, non pas un mais dix meurtres, en quelques jours. Mais c'est plutôt décevant. Trop de choses à admettre, trop de place pour le hasard alors qu'il s'agit de dix meurtres. C'est dans ces interstices que Pierre Bayard va se glisser avec maestria.