While the Light Lasts and Other Stories
As long as there is light (AKA While the Light Lasts and Other Stories ) is a collection of short stories by Agatha Christie. She first appeared on 4 August 1997 in the UK publisher Harper Collins.
The German edition was published in 1999 by Scherz Verlag ( Bern / Munich / Vienna) in the translation by Ursula -Maria Mössner used to date with comments from Tony Medawar.
It contains nine short stories, two of them with her famous detective Hercule Poirot ( excitement of Christmas and the mystery of the chest from Baghdad ).
The stories
Important issues
In the U.S., this collection is not published.
First publications of the stories
The stories were published in magazines as follows:
- The House of Dreams ( The house of dreams ): Issue 74 of the Sovereign Magazine, January 1926
- The Actress ( Actress ): Issue 218 of The Novel Magazine, May 1923 under the title A Trap for the Unwary
- The Edge ( fine line ): output 374 of Pearson's Magazine February 1927.
- . Christmas Adventure ( excitement at Christmas) 1611 of The Sketch Magazine, December 11, 1923 Later, the author expanded the story into a short novel - a diplomatic incident.
- The Lonely God ( The Lonely God ). Issue 333 of the Royal Magazine, July 1926 Christie's original title for this story was The Little Lonely God.
- Within a Wall ( a wall as white as milk): output 324 of the Royal Magazine, Oct. 1925.
- . The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest ( The Riddle of the chest from Baghdad ): Output of the 493 beach Magazine, January 1932 Later, the author expanded the story into a short novel - The Spanish Chest.
- "While the Light Lasts " ( As long as there is light ): Issue 229 of The Novel Magazine, April 1924
Manx Gold ( treasure hunt ) was one of the most unique projects in the career of the author. She was asked by politicians in the Isle of Man to stage a treasure hunt to boost tourism on the island. So she wrote a short story that appeared in five installments in the Daily Dispatch in May 1930. The short story contained traces to four snuff-boxes, each of which contained a voucher for £ 100 - in the 1930s, a considerable sum. The inhabitants of the island were excluded from the search. To further promote the treasure hunt, a booklet entitled June was printed in Douglas and construed in hotels, guest houses and tourist destinations. Although approximately 250,000 copies of this booklet were printed, is only one received today
The author used the motif later in her novel with Hercule Poirot reunion with Mrs. Oliver and in a short story with Miss Marple A strange joke.