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While the Light Lasts
- Narrated by: Isla Blair
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
Five early stories unpublished since their first magazine appearances in the ’20s and ’30s, finally unearthed 21 years after Agatha Christie’s death, already showing the deft touch of the Queen of Crime in the making.
While the Light Lasts
The Actress
The House of Dreams
The Edge
Within a Wall
Like many of her contemporaries, Agatha Christie wrote stories for a variety of magazines in the 1920s and ’30s, and most of these eventually found their way into her books of short stories. Now, 21 years after her death, detective work worthy of Agatha Christie herself has unearthed ‘new’ stories, most of which have never been published anywhere in the world since their orginal appearances.
In this new collection the author observes the tragic flaws in human nature, providing a glimpse of the Queen of Crime in the making. Anyone who has ever read Agatha Christie will enjoy every story for her skill at characterisation and her ability to deliver an unexpected twist in the tail…
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- A C
- 05-12-22
Fell short of the mark.
I enjoy Agatha Christie but sadly, this anthology was marred for me. For the sake of a few seconds, the experience went from enjoyable to quite annoying and unsatisfying because there was no chance to savour the story when it finished. The title of the following story came so quickly it sounded like it was all part of the same sentence. When other AC audible books last three times as long, there was no need to cut so brutally. So very nearly good.
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- Craig M. Hanson
- 27-01-20
Cut Down
This only has 5 short stories & doesn’t include the / Poirot stories that are in the novel. The stories included are:
While the Light Lasts
The Actress
The House of Dreams
The Edge
Within a Wall
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- Rebecca
- 31-03-21
Disappointing
Not what I expected. These stories definitely aren’t of the usual Agatha Christie type or standard. These aren’t crime stories or even mysteries but more just random stories with a moral undertone. Not my cup of tea at all. Will be returning.
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- Teej Mac
- 19-06-21
Missing some stories and liner notes
The print version of this book has quite detailed introductory notes and an extra couple of stories. I was a bit dissappointed that these have been left out. Overall though well performed. 'While the Light Lasts' as a story is excellent and well worth a listen for any Agatha Christie fan.
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