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| Title | : | The Labours of Hercules (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #27) |
| Author | : | Agatha Christie |
| Book Format | : | Audio CD |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 9 pages |
| Published | : | July 13th 2005 by AudioGO (first published 1947) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Short Stories |
Agatha Christie
Audio CD | Pages: 9 pages Rating: 3.78 | 15451 Users | 716 Reviews
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First published in book form in 1947, The Labours of Hercules comprises an even dozen mysteries starring Christie's most popular sleuth, the ever-dignified Hercule Poirot. The introductory chapter of the collection sets up the rest of the book. At a dinner party, another guest compares the labors of Poirot to those of Hercules, and the little Belgian is not amused. He has already decided to retire, but makes up his mind to take on 12 great cases - each somehow reflecting the labors accomplished by Hercules - as a farewell to crime solving. All of the cases are quite different from each other, from searching for a lost poet to hunting down a particularly ferocious murderer, from solving mysterious deaths of religious cult members to saving a young would-be politician from potential blackmailers. Frequent Christie interpreter Hugh Fraser brings stories like The Cretan Bull and The Apples of the Hesperides to dazzling life.
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| Original Title: | The Labours of Hercules |
| ISBN: | 1572704578 (ISBN13: 9781572704572) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hercule Poirot Mysteries #27 |
| Characters: | Hercule Poirot |
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Ratings: 3.78 From 15451 Users | 716 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books The Labours of Hercules (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #27)
So rather than reviewing the book as a whole, I thought I would say a few words about each of "The Labours" and then give an overall rating. So taking the average we get 3.67, so 4 stars it is. An enjoyable book with some good stories and some average ones.The Nemean Lion 4 starsAn enjoyable short story in which Poirot investigates the theft of a Pekinese dog !!The Lernean Hydra 3 starsA fun but obvious story in which Poirot delves into rumours and gossip against a local GPThe Arcadian DeerMany long time Christie fans know that Hercule would go on and on about retiring (at least it felt like it) well in this collection we have Hercule talking about going into retirement and growing the perfect vegetable marrow. This makes me think that the events in this collection all occur before the events in "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd." Poirot's conversation with his friend, Dr. Burton leads into the Greek hero named Hercules and his 12 labors that he undertook. What did make me laugh was
Weird short story collection in which Poirot, ready to retire, selects a few cases as his very own labors of Hercules. The connection to the original stories felt forced to me in places (really, the Nemean lion becoming -of all things- a Pekinese dog?), and some of them were too short for me to allow Poirot to do his thing. Sometimes he just arrived and went "Aha!" and that was it, and one rather confusing time he traveled from London to Paris, to Italy, to Switzerland for one case, in one
Martin wrote: "What a great collection of short stories!Thanks Adrian."They have been really enjoyable - I must now finish my review.Hope all ok over
Many long time Christie fans know that Hercule would go on and on about retiring (at least it felt like it) well in this collection we have Hercule talking about going into retirement and growing the perfect vegetable marrow. This makes me think that the events in this collection all occur before the events in "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd." Poirot's conversation with his friend, Dr. Burton leads into the Greek hero named Hercules and his 12 labors that he undertook. What did make me laugh was
I much prefer Poirot novels so really appreciated that Dame Agatha tried to connect these 12 short stories with Greek mythology.Like many collections some stories were more effective than others, its certainly a fun way of trying to tell ancient tales into a contemporary setting.Definitely one for the Poirot completists!
I wholly approve of individual mentions, where anthologies are concerned, Adrian.Expertly done, my friend!
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