I have read & listened to this book before & yet this time I enjoyed it far more than I have in the past. Agatha Christie is always a pleasure, like meeting a beloved aunt you have known all your life. I read my first Agatha Christie book when I was 12 & have been reading & re-reading them all my life. I realized about a year ago that I am now the age of Miss Marple. I’ll be 79 this year. So you can see that Agatha Christie & I have been friends for a very long time!
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She loves "The boy stood on the burning deck, when . . . .'" from Casabianca by Felicia Hemans, second book this was quoted in. The first time I read it was in "The Secret of chimneys". It's a very famous quotation used by authors. It also has many off-colour parodies! I learn so much from her. It's nice to see Inspector Japp. He appears regularly in the TV shows, made his first, I believe, "cameo" appearance in the first Tommy and Tuppance series. Thanks!
I finished the book. It was awesome. Plus I also really enjoyed voice actors. One thing I like about her books this that each character has there own personality and you see things from there prospective.
I know that the foam on the coffee is supposed to look like Poirot but at first I was staring at it like "why is that cursed Wallace from Wallace and Gromit looking at me like that?".
@@multiplemike5021 yes but i think by then it was part 2 poirot no captain hastings, japp etc but your right case of the missing will bears no resemblance to the story in the book
MOFFAT IS THE FIRST POIROT-ITS 2AM IN BED 2 WATER BOTTLES LAPTOP ON MY KNEES-FLASHING PINK AND YELLOW SUBSCRIBE IS MORE THAN ANNOYING I AM NOW LOOKING AT THE BACK OF A LAPTOP-LOVE THIS RADIO PLAY NEVER HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE
He is a character actor mostly in British films and probably not better known by the public except for his portrayal of Poirot in the British radio series of Agatha Christie's mysteries.
Thank you for another intriguing Poirot mystery. Hasting is the worst, his always dumb when it comes to women. Being married already still doesn't keep him away from seeking the attention of a beautiful woman, I will hate to be married to a man like him.
Hastings is a popular trope from light English fiction in the early twentieth century--a bit of a buffoon, easily embarassed and unsure how to deal with women. Dame Agatha actually disliked the character of Hastings. She put him in the first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles , and then, as she said, she was "stuck with him". He was popular, partly, I think because he was a recognisable, familiar character so publishers put pressure on her to use him again. I think it's a real sign of Dame Agatha's timeless appeal that you, and I, fifty or a hundred years later are so involved with the characters. You couldn't have paid her a better compliment! I like Captain Arthur Hastings. He's a gentleman, not very intelligent, but he has an agreeable, kind, nature. Despite his devoted loyalty to Poirot he gets teased and criticised when he can't keep up mentally. That hurts his feelings and puzzles him. He'd definitely be completely loyal and faithful to his wife with whom he fell deeply in love. (Murder on the Links) So much so that years after her death he's still emotional about it. ("Curtain"--the final Poirot novel) He was also a World War One soldier and hero, injured badly enough that he needed to come back to England for surgery and rehabilitation. However he makes no fuss about his wounds or his battle front experiences.(The Mysterious Affair at Styles) Dame Agatha might not have liked the character she invented, but she did make him admirable in several ways.. ETA sorry, I didn't mean to write a novella to answer you! If you've made it this far, please forgive me. I just enjoy talking, or in this case writing, about books. I'm also very glad to know Agatha Christie is as well known today and her work enjoyed as much as in her heyday, and that she's is still engaging and entertaining readers with her clever insights into human nature. Your comment gave me something to think about, and distracted me from some pain issues so I thank you. However I do apologise for the length of my reply(if you've made it this far lol) *Fun fact, Poirot would have been about 120+ years old in the last book featuring him; Hastings would have been 80+.("Curtain") Actually HRF Keating, who authored a book about Poirot, said he was 207 when...no, no spoilers;...207 in "Curtain".
I haven't read//heard it yet, although I've been an Agatha fan for fifty years. That's because it was written as a play. It was was very popular, not up to record breaking 'Mousetrap" seasons and runs, but def popular. This and a few other stories were published after her death. It was never intended as a book. Might this be why it flopped as a book? If they didn't get someone very skillful, who was *extremely* familiar with the Dame's work, to adapt it, a good play would be ruined
Although I appreciate his attempts, I can't stand John Moffat's attempts at Belgian accent. Why can't actors study accents a little before inflicting pretend ones on us?
I have read & listened to this book before & yet this time I enjoyed it far more than I have in the past. Agatha Christie is always a pleasure, like meeting a beloved aunt you have known all your life. I read my first Agatha Christie book when I was 12 & have been reading & re-reading them all my life. I realized about a year ago that I am now the age of Miss Marple. I’ll be 79 this year. So you can see that Agatha Christie & I have been friends for a very long time!
Fabulous to not have to deal with adverts every five minutes. Enjoyed this.
Agreed! 🎉
I don't get any ads wiv this story. I don't have any 'ad-blockers' loaded either
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Enjoyed listening to his voice...thank you love Agatha Christie
I’m delighted to have stumbled upon your channel. Thanks so much for taking the time to upload such gems…
A wonderful evening listening to Black Coffee, sipping tea with honey, in my PJ's.
Thank you so much.
I'm listening to this treasure whilst eating a toasted roll with quince jam. No kidding, I also use a runcible spoon to place the jam onto my roll💥😊
Agatha Christie was a wonderful author and this is just a tiny sample of her work. Thank you so much for letting us enjoy it too.
Excellent narration
Ah the classics! Great work.
This was brilliant, thank you for sharing it.
Well done! The characters are engaging and have come life with the skill of the reader!!🎉
Terrific! Got the whole house cleaned with this one and finished with a whiskey and soda...well, I skipped the whiskey
Wonderfully understated performance by John Moffat , a finer radio actor than I had réalised
Or a wonderful performance of understatement
Beautifully read and acted thank you.
What a marvelous find!! Thank you.
Love this story great narration
That 'face' in the coffee is stuff of nightmares! Ekkkk!
Lol …. I thought it was just me that sees that darn face!! Wish they’d change it!,
You two get spooked way too easily 😅
"It's a trap" 😂
@@RhysOlwynhahahahah that's what I saw, too
Enjoyed listening, I believe the narrator also played Poirot in lots of radio productions 👏
Yes, David Moffat, back in the day. They make great listening, so do the BBC’s miss marple plays with June Whitfield 😊
@@TheMrswestbrom thanks for the recommendation!
@@zacharylukem you’re so welcome but I got the actor’s name wrong. It’s John Moffat, sorry 😊
No problem, I checked it out and enjoyed so far!@@TheMrswestbrom
Loved this. Thank you
Why can I not unsee Wallace from Wallace and Gromit in that photo?
Johnny Vegas' Moounkey for me.
Once seen...
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Well done!
iPods on heading up to Scotland in a car next to mother in law can’t thank you enough for uploading This fab story 👍 As she’s frying my brain
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💕💕💕 Can really RELATE to your comment!!!🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much ❤
She loves "The boy stood on the burning deck, when . . . .'" from Casabianca by Felicia Hemans, second book this was quoted in. The first time I read it was in "The Secret of chimneys". It's a very famous quotation used by authors. It also has many off-colour parodies! I learn so much from her. It's nice to see Inspector Japp. He appears regularly in the TV shows, made his first, I believe, "cameo" appearance in the first Tommy and Tuppance series. Thanks!
Wonderful✨
Yesssss!!!! Thank you all🙏🏻🙏🏻
I always imagine John dressed exquisitely as "Lord Merlin" in the 1980 TV adaption of Nancy Mitford's "Love In A Cold Climate"
Im drinking coffeee for this one
Wonderful
Thank you
I finished the book. It was awesome. Plus I also really enjoyed voice actors. One thing I like about her books this that each character has there own personality and you see things from there prospective.
Brilliant
I know that the foam on the coffee is supposed to look like Poirot but at first I was staring at it like "why is that cursed Wallace from Wallace and Gromit looking at me like that?".
Thank you.
I wonder why they didn't make that a part of the Poirot television series? Thank you for sharing, it is really good!
it was a play then written into a book not by agatha christie
@@alexlazebat839 But it was a play by Agatha, they really should have adapted it. Oh well.
@@multiplemike5021 yes but i think by then it was part 2 poirot no captain hastings, japp etc but your right case of the missing will bears no resemblance to the story in the book
@@alexlazebat839Oh is this the case of the missing will? I recently got that one so maybe I should wait before listening to this!? Thank you so much 😊
@@mariameere5807 yes manly because the book version is a treasure hunt and a short story
Thank you very much
His brioche 🥐
I❤❤❤ reading by John Moffatt with this British English pronunciation
The story is set in England therefore English English
@@mavisemberson8737 and, thank goodness, not an American trying to "do" UK English.
@@maxmarnau7019 It’s the difference between having a silver spoon and a runcible spoon.
MOFFAT IS THE FIRST POIROT-ITS 2AM IN BED 2 WATER BOTTLES LAPTOP ON MY KNEES-FLASHING PINK AND YELLOW SUBSCRIBE IS MORE THAN ANNOYING I AM NOW LOOKING AT THE BACK OF A LAPTOP-LOVE THIS RADIO PLAY NEVER HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE
I hear you! I cover the screen of my Kindle with a piece of clothing to block the light 😏
I thought Poirot lived in Whitehaven mansions not Whitehall mansions.
You're right.
perfection
Love John Moffat voice in audio,, do not remember him on TV or film or stage can , anyone recommend any visual utube contributions portraying him?
He is a character actor mostly in British films and probably not better known by the public except for his portrayal of Poirot in the British radio series of Agatha Christie's mysteries.
I see that shrimp head looking alien from Star Wars when I look at the thumbnail.
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The ending was terrifying! (Is that spoiling?) 📖👀
The flashing "subscribe" button is very, very annoying.
Do you actually watch audiobook videos? Just listen to it.
Bloody hell. I didn't notice it til u pointed it out 🤣
Why are you looking at the screen 🤔
@@judikingsman6132 What an unhelpful question.
Who looks at the screen while listening to an audiobook?🙄
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Thank you for another intriguing Poirot mystery. Hasting is the worst, his always dumb when it comes to women. Being married already still doesn't keep him away from seeking the attention of a beautiful woman, I will hate to be married to a man like him.
He’s pretty harmless.
Seems to me she came on to him.
That's all men
Hastings is a popular trope from light English fiction in the early twentieth century--a bit of a buffoon, easily embarassed and unsure how to deal with women.
Dame Agatha actually disliked the character of Hastings. She put him in the first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles , and then, as she said, she was "stuck with him".
He was popular, partly, I think because he was a recognisable, familiar character so publishers put pressure on her to use him again.
I think it's a real sign of Dame Agatha's timeless appeal that you, and I, fifty or a hundred years later are so involved with the characters. You couldn't have paid her a better compliment!
I like Captain Arthur Hastings. He's a gentleman, not very intelligent, but he has an agreeable, kind, nature. Despite his devoted loyalty to Poirot he gets teased and criticised when he can't keep up mentally. That hurts his feelings and puzzles him.
He'd definitely be completely loyal and faithful to his wife with whom he fell deeply in love. (Murder on the Links) So much so that years after her death he's still emotional about it. ("Curtain"--the final Poirot novel)
He was also a World War One soldier and hero, injured badly enough that he needed to come back to England for surgery and rehabilitation. However he makes no fuss about his wounds or his battle front experiences.(The Mysterious Affair at Styles)
Dame Agatha might not have liked the character she invented, but she did make him admirable in several ways..
ETA sorry, I didn't mean to write a novella to answer you! If you've made it this far, please forgive me. I just enjoy talking, or in this case writing, about books.
I'm also very glad to know Agatha Christie is as well known today and her work enjoyed as much as in her heyday, and that she's is still engaging and entertaining readers with her clever insights into human nature.
Your comment gave me something to think about, and distracted me from some pain issues so I thank you. However I do apologise for the length of my reply(if you've made it this far lol)
*Fun fact, Poirot would have been about 120+ years old in the last book featuring him; Hastings would have been 80+.("Curtain")
Actually HRF Keating, who authored a book about Poirot, said he was 207 when...no, no spoilers;...207 in "Curtain".
@@bilindalaw-morley161 here here ❤👏👏👏👏🥰
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I wish the reader didn't trail off into mumbling so much, it's really hard to hear what he says sometimes. 😐
Almost 1hr in and nothing happening, no action only a boring conversation in the living room.
For me this is the worst Agatha Christie novel...such a boring plot...idiotic characters....uneccessary back n forth narrative...
I haven't read//heard it yet, although I've been an Agatha fan for fifty years. That's because it was written as a play. It was was very popular, not up to record breaking 'Mousetrap" seasons and runs, but def popular. This and a few other
stories were published after her death. It was never intended as a book.
Might this be why it flopped as a book? If they didn't get someone very skillful, who was *extremely* familiar with the Dame's work, to adapt it, a good play would be ruined
@@bilindalaw-morley161 Spiders Web was also a play that was turned into a novel and is pretty compelling. An hour into this and it is pretty dull!
It’s actually a Play re-written into Novel. Re-used plots from the Christmas Pudding and the Mirror.
superior to most
@@justme-hh4vp Don't you think it all depends on who, exactly, turned the play into a novel?
Although I appreciate his attempts, I can't stand John Moffat's attempts at Belgian accent. Why can't actors study accents a little before inflicting pretend ones on us?
Find hesitancy in Poirot's accent annoying.
Slurred speech
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