And Then There Were None (Christie book)

  • Also Published As: Ten Little Indians
  • Also Published As: Ten Little Niggers
  • Type: Novel
  • Length: 264 pages

Then There Were None is a 1939 novel by English mystery writer Agatha Christie.

It is a warm day in August, sometime in the late 1930s, when eight people, mostly strangers to each other, are deposited on an island estate just off the coast of Devon, England. Although their host, Mr and Mrs Owen, have been unavoidably detained, the butler and cook are at their service. - AsNotedIn




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Characters
Places
  • Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury "Then There Were None" is set on a small isolated island off the coast of Devon, England.
  • Devon, England "Then There Were None" is set on a small isolated island off the coast of Devon, England.

Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1939/11/06 Emily Caroline Brent Elderly Religious Spinster "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Justice Lawrence John Wargrave Retired judge with Turtle like features "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Agatha Christie Author "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Dr Edward George Armstrong Medical Doctor with a practice on Harley Street, London "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Thomas Rogers Butler and Ethel Rogers' husband "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 HarperCollins Publisher "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 William Henry Blore Former Police Inspector "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Mrs Rogers Cook, housekeeper and Thomas Rogers' wife "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Anthony James Marston Charming young rich, playboy with blue eyes "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Philip Lombard Soldier of Fortune "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Fred Narracott The Boatman "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Gen John Gordon Macarthur Retired World War I Commander "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Vera Elizabeth Claythorne Former governess, on leave from her position as a sports mistress at a girls' school "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".
1939/11/06 Collins Crime Club Publisher "Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers".

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Particulars for And Then There Were None (Christie book):
Art Type Book a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
Occupation Butler Domestic worker in charge of all the household staff
Crime Crime
Narrative Arts Detective a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes.
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Physiographic feature Island a piece of land surrounded by water
Narrative Arts Isolated Abode a lonely residence in a lonely area
Narrative Arts Locked Room Mystery crime is committed where it was seemingly impossible for the perpetrator to commit the crime in the course of getting in and out of the crime scene
Narrative Arts Murder the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
Narrative Arts Mystery something not understood or beyond understanding
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Art Type Novel long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Science Psychological of, affecting, or arising in the mind related to the mental and emotional state of a person
Weather Rain
Meteorology Stormy Weather
Narrative Arts Thriller



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