Paddington - Wikipedia. Paddington is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in November 1. The 1. 96. 1 film Murder, She Said was based on it. This work was also published in the United States as . Elspeth Mc. Gillicuddy has come from a shopping expedition to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas.
On the way, her train passes another train running parallel to her. Then, a blind in one of the compartments flies up and she sees a man with his back to her strangling a woman. She reports it to a ticket collector who does not believe her. When arriving at Miss Marple's cottage, she tells all to her. Buy 16.50 ab Paddington. Agatha Christie: 16 Uhr 50 ab Paddington, H Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. 4.50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie. We'd love you to buy this book. Mrs Mc. Gillicuddy describes the woman as having blonde hair and wearing a fur coat. Only Miss Marple believes her story as there is no evidence of wrongdoing. The first task is to ascertain where the body could have been hidden. Comparison of the facts of the murder with the train timetable and the local geography lead to the grounds of Rutherford Hall as the only possible location: it is shielded from the surrounding community, the railway abuts the grounds, and so on. Lucy Eyelesbarrow, a young professional housekeeper and an acquaintance of Miss Marple, is sent undercover to Rutherford Hall. Josiah Crackenthorpe, purveyor of tea biscuits, built Rutherford Hall in 1. His son, Luther, now a semi- invalid widower, had displayed spendthrift qualities in his youth. To preserve the family fortune, Josiah has left his considerable fortune in trust, the income from which is to be paid to Luther for life. After Luther's death, the capital is to be divided equally among Luther's children. Luther Crackenthorpe is merely the trustee of Rutherford Hall and hence, according to the will, cannot sell the house. The house itself will be inherited by Luther Crackenthorpe's eldest surviving son or his issue. The eldest of Luther Crackenthorpe's children, Edmund, died during World War II. 16 Uhr 50 ab Paddington von Agatha Christie Luna Wood. 16 Uhr 50 ab Paddington Agatha Christie H. AC Thrillers 2,257 views. Kommentare zu 16 Uhr 50 ab Paddington. Um einen Kommentar abzugeben melde Dich bitte zuerst an. Wenn Du noch kein Konto bei uns hast, kannst Du Dich hier registrieren. His youngest daughter, Edith (. The remaining heirs to the estate are Cedric, an Ibiza- based bohemian painter and lover of women; Harold, a cold and stuffy banker; Alfred, the black sheep of the family who is known to engage in shady business dealings and Emma, a spinster. Non- Crackenthorpe characters include Lucy Eyelesbarrow, Bryan Eastley (Alexander's father), James Stoddart- West (a school friend of Alexander), and local physician Dr Quimper, who looks after Luther but is secretly in love with Emma. Lucy uses golf practice as an excuse to search the grounds. She discovers some fur from a woman's fur coat. Then she discovers a cheap compact. Lucy takes these to show to Miss Marple, who believes the murderer knew all about Rutherford Hall and its geographical location. He removed the body from the embankment where it had fallen clear away from the line, drove a car outside the grounds at night and hid the body. Lucy eventually finds the woman's body hidden in a sarcophagus in the old stables among Luther's collection of dubious antiques. But who is she? The police eventually identify the victim's clothing as being of French manufacture. Emma tells the police that she had received a letter claiming to be from Martine, a French girl whom her brother Edmund had wanted to marry. He had written about Martine and their impending marriage days before his death in the retreat to Dunkirk in 1. The letter purporting to be from Martine claims that she was pregnant when Edmund died and that she now wishes their son to have all of the advantages to which his parentage should entitle him. The police conclude that the body in the sarcophagus is that of Martine but this proves not to be the case when Lady Stoddart- West, mother of James Stoddart- West, reveals that she is Martine. Although she and Edmund had intended to marry, Edmund died before they could do so and she later married an SOE officer and settled in England. She adds that she would not have come forward until learning from her son of the forged letter to Emma. The whole family takes ill suddenly (apart from Bryan and Alexander who had gone away for a few days) and Alfred dies. Later, the curry made by Lucy on the fateful day is found to contain arsenic. Some days later, Harold, after returning home to London, receives a delivery of some tablets that appear to be the same as the sleeping pills prescribed to him by Dr Quimper, who had told him he need not take them any more. The box they come in is actually the box for Emma's sedatives that were swapped for something else. They prove to be poisoned with aconitine and Harold dies. Lucy arranges an afternoon- tea visit to Rutherford Hall for Miss Marple, and Mrs Mc. Gillicuddy is also invited. Mrs Mc. Gillicuddy is instructed by Miss Marple to ask to use the lavatory as soon as they arrive, but is not told why. Miss Marple is eating a fish- paste sandwich when she suddenly begins to choke. It seems she has a fish bone stuck in her throat. Dr Quimper moves to assist her. Mrs Mc. Gillicuddy enters the room at that moment, sees the doctor's hands at Miss Marple's throat, and cries out, . It transpires that the murdered woman was a French ballet dancer known as . A devout Catholic, she refused to divorce him, so he murdered her to be free to marry Emma and inherit the Crackenthorpe family fortune, once he had eliminated Emma's brothers. Dr Quimper actually poisoned the cocktailjug and added the arsenic to the sample of curry he took before he gave it to the police- detectives. He then added a second dose of arsenic to Alfred's tea. When he poisoned Harold, he used the box that held Emma's sedative tablets and swapped them for aconitine tablets which killed Harold. Miss Marple then tells Mrs Mc. Gillicuddy and Inspector Craddock that old Mr Crackenthorpe may die soon, that Emma will get over the doctor, and that there will soon be wedding bells for Lucy - though she refuses to be drawn on the identity of the groom, although the reader understands that this would be Cedric, the most attractive (and sole surviving) Crackenthorpe brother. Characters. Craddock had previously featured in A Murder is Announced and The Thirteen Problems). Literary significance and reception. Unfortunately it is that quality that is missing in 4. Paddington. The police never seem to find out a single thing, and even Miss Marples (sic) lies low and says nuffin' to the point until the final dramatic exposure. There is the usual small gallery of interesting and perfectly credible characters and nothing could be easier to read. But please, Mrs Christie, a little more of that incomparable detection next time. Later settles down into a good old family murder. Contains one of Christie's few sympathetic independent women. Miss Marple apparently solves the crime by divine guidance, for there is very little in the way of clues or logical deduction. It was the first Miss Marple film. BBC 'Miss Marple' Series. Departures from the original story include the absence of the family being poisoned. Alfred is still alive at the end, though suffering from a terminal illness that Dr. Quimper apparently misdiagnosed deliberately. As in the earlier film version, Harold is murdered in what appears to be a hunting accident. It is also revealed that Harold had a deep passion for dancing. Also Anna Stravinka's real name is . The other major departure is at the end, where Miss Marple unambiguously opines that Lucy Eyelesbarrow will marry Bryan Eastley, merely one of the possibilities suggested by Craddock in the novel. ITV Marple Series. The adaptation contains several changes in it from the novel: Dr Quimper's first name, not mentioned in the novel, is given as David (both the 1. Despite being the murderer, he is not mentioned as being cold blooded: his motive for murdering his wife is his love for Emma rather than his desire for the Crackenthorpe inheritance. Only two murders occur - Quimper's wife, and Alfred. Harold is not killed with poisoned tablets. Both the motive for killing Alfred, and the method of his murder, were changed - Alfred had spotted Quimper planting a false clue on the grounds of the Hall, knowing that the body of his wife would be found eventually. When Alexander and James find it and show it to the family, Alfred suspected Quimper was up to something and decided to blackmail him, boasting to Lucy just before dinner that he was due to receive money. When the family fall ill at dinner by a small dose of arsenic, Alfred, weakened as a result, is later killed in his bed by a fatal injection from Quimper; as he is being killed, Alfred cried out his killer's name, which Quimper made certain was misconstrued as him calling for the doctor's help, shortly after appearing to have run back up the stairs to Alfred's bedroom when Emma rushed out to the commotion being created. In the novel, Cedric is the eldest son since Edmund died and thus, will inherit Rutherford Hall. In this version, Alfred is the eldest son after Edmund, and will inherit the Hall; Harold is the second- eldest son (He becomes next- in- line to inherit the Hall after Alfred dies) and Cedric is the youngest son. The name of Luther's father is changed from Josiah to Marcus and he manufactured confectionary rather than tea biscuits. The novel's Inspector Dermot Craddock is loosely adapted into a new character, Inspector Tom Campbell, an old friend of Miss Marple. Like Craddock, he takes charge of the police investigation. Where the novel ends with Miss Marple obliquely hinting that Lucy will marry Craddock, the adaption makes Campbell a more overt competitor against Bryan and Cedric for Lucy's affections, and the adaption ends with Lucy rejecting the two Crackenthorpe men in favour of the inspector. Bryan is British in the novel, but American in the adaption. The way Miss Marple reveals Dr Quimper as the murderer was changed, in which it take place on a train with Mrs Mc. Gillcuddy witnessing it from a passing train. When he is exposed, the communication cords on both trains are pulled, before Tom arrests Quimper whilst Mrs Mc. Gillcuddy switches to their train.
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