The Listerdale Mystery
Something is rotten (AKA The List Patterdale Mystery ) is a collection of short stories by Agatha Christie. She first appeared in June 1934 in the UK were published by William Collins and Sons. In the U.S., the collection did not appear, the short stories were published but later in other collections.
The publication in the German-speaking area proved very complicated (see German -language editions of the individual short stories ). Only in 2011 appeared as a band of 77 published by the French publisher Hachette Collections The official collection of Agatha Christie, the original ( except for two stories ) compilation.
In the United Kingdom, the collection is very well known, but it contains the short story house Nightingale ( later German titles Villa Nightingale ), which is the template for the successful theater piece Love from a Stranger and four films.
- 4.1 First publication of stories in the United Kingdom
- 4.2 First German -language publications of the stories
The stories
Something is rotten
Original title: The List Patterdale Mystery
Haus Nachtigall
Original title: Philomel Cottage
The girl in the train
Original title: The Girl in the Train
A good friend
Original Title: Sing a Song of Sixpence
The dream of happiness
Original title: The Manhood of Edward Robinson
The accident
Original title: Accident.
Jane is looking for work
Original Title: Jane in Search of a Job
Sunday
Original title: A Fruitful Sunday
Not included in Volume 77 of the above collection, but in Volume 75
Cucumber
Original title: Mr. Eastwood 's Adventure
The golden ball
Original title: The Golden Ball
The Emerald of the Rajah
Original title: The Rajah 's Emerald
Not included in Volume 77 of the above collection, but in Volume 75
Original Title: Swan Song
References to other works
- In Mr Eastwood 's Adventure Anthony Eastwood quotes from the Omar Khayyam Rubaiyats, a collection of very well-known in the UK quatrains that the novel The Moving Finger was his title later.
- In The Rajah 's Emerald James Bond quotes: " Thanking heaven fasting, for a good man 's love" from the third act, fifth scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It. The name of James Bond is just a coincidence, because the short story published 27 years before the publication of the first James Bond novel Casino Royale.
- In Swan Song are Paula Nazorkoffs last words: La commedia è finita! . A quote from the opera Pagliacci. In this opera also the short story The beautiful face of the short story collection published in 1930 The Curious Mister Quin refers.
Adaptation for theater and film adaptations
Haus Nachtigall
The short story was adapted in 1936 by Frank Vosper for the theater. The play had a successful run in London's West End.
On the basis of this piece was created in the United Kingdom under the direction of Roland V. Lee 1937 film starring Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone in the lead roles. Joan Hickson, the lead actress of the twelve -part television series of the BBC's Miss Marple plays a minor role.
1947 pieces in the USA was filmed and directed by Richard Whorf.
On 5 December 1967, the Hessischer Rundfunk beamed his film version of the story under the title " A Stranger Knocks " with Gertrud and Heinz Kückelmann Bennents out in the lead roles.
The Agatha Christie Hour
Three of the stories was broadcast as part of the ten-part television series "The Agatha Christie Hour" in 1982:
Episode 3 " The Girl in the Train"
As a result of 9 " Jane in Search of a Job "
And consequential than 10 "The Manhood of Edward Robinson ".
( For more episodes of the television series, see: Parker Pyne determined. )
Important issues
First publications of the stories in the United Kingdom
- The List Patterdale Mystery. 250 of "The Grand Magazine" in December 1925.
- Philomel Cottage. First published in issue 237 of "The Grand Magazine" in November 1924.
- The Girl in the Train. First published in issue 228 of "The Grand Magazine" in February 1924.
- Sing a Song of Sixpence. First published in " Holly Leaves ", the annual Christmas edition of " Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News" in December 1929 with illustrations by C. Watson.
- The Manhood of Edward Robinson. First published in issue 238 of "The Grand Magazine" in December 1924.
- Accident. First published as "The uncrossed Path " in the issue of 22 September 1929, the "Sunday Dispatch".
- Jane in Search of a Job. First published in issue 234 of "The Grand Magazine" in August 1924.
- A Fruitful Sunday. First published in the "Daily Mail" on August 11, 1928
- Mr Eastwood 's Adventure. First published as "The Mystery of the Second Cucumber " in issue 233 of "The Novel Magazine" in August 1924 with an illustration of Wilmot Lunt.
- The Golden ball first published as "Playing the Innocent " in the " Daily Mail" on August 5, 1929, an illustration Lowtham.
- The Rajah 's Emerald. First published in issue 420 of fortnightly based magazine " Red Magazine " of July 30, 1926, an illustration by Jack M. Faulks.
- Swan Song. First published in Issue 259 of "The Grand Magazine" at September 1926.
First German -language publications of the stories
- The accident and other events. Only authorized transfer from the English by Maria Meinert and Renate Weigl, Scherz Verlag, Bern / Stuttgart / Vienna 1964.
With:
- Haus Nachtigall
- The accident.
- The Killer stitches. Only authorized transfer from the English by Traudl Weiser and others, Scherz Verlag, Bern / Munich / Vienna 1982.
With:
- A good friend
- Killer flowers. Only authorized transfer from the English by Edith Walter and others, Scherz Verlag, Bern / Munich / Vienna 1983.
With:
- Something is rotten
- Sunday
- The golden ball
- The Emerald of the Rajah.
- Mördergarn Only authorized transfer from the English by Hella von Brackelsberg and Günter acorn, Scherz Verlag, Bern / Munich / Vienna 1983.
With:
- The girl in the train
- The dream of happiness
- Jane is looking for work
- Cucumber.
- The mousetrap and other traps Only authorized transfer from the English by Maria Meinert and others, Scherz Verlag, Bern / Munich / Vienna 1966.
With: