Goals For This Blog 2023

Things I hope to have posted by the end of next year! I know it's a lofty goal to have every single author on this blog, but I don't expect it to happen, I just would like to see it get started next year. I'll finish it someday.

POEMS (possibly have a new section for poems, like I introduced a new section for plays at the end of 2022)

Edgar Allen Poe

Robert Louis Stevenson

Emily Dickinson

Robert Frost

Alfred Lord Tennyson

PLAYS

Virginia Woolf

Shakespeare

Agatha Christie

Oresteia, The

 - Agamemnon

 - Women at the Graveside

 - Orestes in Athens

SHORT STORIES

Edgar Allen Poe

Virginia Woolf

Agatha Christie

ESSAYS

Virginia Woolf

Last Days of Socrates, The

 - Defense of Socrates, The

 - Euthyphro

 - Crito

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

Gorgias

BOOKS

Edith Wharton

Virginia Woolf

Agatha Christie

H.G. Wells

and I'd like to get most of these books posted as well; not all of them, though, because some (like The Hobbit) are too long, while others (like The Old Man and the Sea) are too boring.

The Underdog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie 📚

A dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christie’s The Under Dog and Other Stories, a superior collection of short mystery fiction all featuring Hercule Poirot as the investigator.

LINK.  https://novelonlinefull.com/chapter/the_under_dog_and_other_stories/chapter_1

Read Agatha Christie Free Online 📚

Heads-up: when you click on a book and you get to the end of the page, there's a TINY link at the bottom, below the ad (or where an ad would be, if you have adblocker) that says "next page". You'll need a magnifying glass, but it's there if you look hard enough.

LINK.  https://blog.maxpay.org/category/agatha-christie/ (all 84 of her works are available!)

the Agatha Christie website is by far the coolest place to go in 2021

forget the Bahamas, have you been to the home of Agatha Christie. The online home, I mean. The site that says "home of Agatha Christie" at the top. It's got so many resources - FIRST, you have a complete and comprehensive list of not only the murder mysteries she wrote, but the plays, the short stories, and the un-murder mysteries (eg, Mary Westmacott). You can filter these by detective, and you can also filter them by A-Z or first published. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you can DOWNLOAD A HERCULE POIROT READING LIST or a Miss Marple reading list, OR A COMPLETE AGATHA CHRISTIE READING LIST!

It gets better. They have multiple reading lists. Some way more personalized ones, some way more quirky ones, and some way more cool ones.

You can also look through the film and TV section, which is exactly what you'd expect, a full list of all the adaptions made so far. You can also visit their YouTube channel. What they do there, and whether it's as cool and helpful as their website, I have no idea. 

There is also a list of characters that she has in her stories. I was surprised to find that Inspector Japp, Superintendent Battle, Captain Hastings, and Colonel Race aren't on there. I thought for sure they'd make the list before Harley Quin or Parker Pyne did because they're such notable, well-known characters. At least in Colonel Race's case, since he actually has (what, four?) books where he stars as the detective.

And at the very bottom you can sign up for their newsletter.

Come, see, and conquer the world of Agatha Christie, you won't regret it.

List of Agatha Christie Short Stories

If you ever want to read all of them and you need a(n almost) comprehensive list, wiki fandoms have you covered. The Agatha Christie wikia fandom has a list, complete with links, US and UK collections, and two comments! It doesn't include Problem At Pollensa Bay, The Harlequin Tea Set, Magnolia Blossom, or Next to a Dog.

LINK.  https://agathachristie.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_short_stories_by_Agatha_Christie

UPDATE: I found another, actually comprehensive list that is far more helpful and has filters you can add to narrow it down to what type of short story you'd like to read. It's the official Agatha Christie site, which means it's the official short story list.

LINK.  https://www.agathachristie.com/stories?format=short-story&character=all

I'm hoping in the near future to have each of these available here, but for now you'll have to go somewhere else to read her short stories for free. I'll be putting a list of links together someday soon while I slowly add onto my collection of free books available on here.

Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie 📖

LINK.  http://detective.gumer.info/anto/christie_58_2.pdf (PDF)

https://www.studynovels.com/Page/Story?bookId=27403 (online)

Resources for the book! http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/Evil_Under_the_Sun

Agatha Christie books 📚

Free resource, you can read all 91 works of Agatha Christie's here, as well as choose which format to read them in (epub, mobi, pdf, online, etc)

I used the website to read One, Two, Buckle My Shoe in PDF format, it's not a scam site, just hard to get around lol I wouldn't suggest using the read online option, the format is a bit wonky and it's hard to flip pages. It's broken up weirdly and I have a hard time following what's going on. Your best bet would be PDF, but if they don't have that option for the book you're look at, I would probably look elsewhere. I tried both the epub and mobi format and it took me to a 404 error page.

Though it might be my wifi because there's a thunderstorm going on right now, and when I tried to get back to the main page of the website, it took me to the same error page so I give up.

LINK.  https://ebooks.darknetproxy.com/index.php?page=3&id=9289&db=0

(another list of Agatha Christies you can read, for free, completely legally. This is not a comprehensive list, but still includes links to the books you can legally read for free: https://bonafidebookworm.com/read-agatha-christie-books-online-free/)

Another link:

I haven't checked, so I have no idea, but the link below might have all of her books. I glanced through the list and there are a lot there, but a lot as in there were about 10 on that first page - so they might have all 80+ or they might not.

LINK.  https://arounddate.com/category/books/christie-agatha/

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie 📖

LINK.  http://detective.gumer.info/anto/christie_57_2.pdf (PDF version)
https://read-free-online.blogspot.com/p/working-on-one-two-buckle-my-shoe.html (my version!)

https://booksvooks.com/scrolablehtml/one-two-buckle-my-shoe-pdf-agatha-christie.html?page=3 (alternative online version)

https://ebooks.darknetproxy.com/index.php?page=13&id=39015&db=0 (another alternative online version, with many formats for reading. This is where I got the PDF format, but you can also use online, epub, etc. It's a great resource for reading online, and has an extensive library)

Extra resources to use while reading!

http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/One,_Two,_Buckle_My_Shoe_(novel) - they have some fascinating stuff on this book. They also include mentions and references to other book characters or mysteries in this novel (such as Labours of Hercules and Inspector Japp), as well as a full list of characters that make an appearance.

Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie 📖

LINK.  https://kingauthor.net/books/Agatha%20Christie/Sad%20Cypress/Sad%20Cypress%20-%20Agatha%20Christie.pdf (PDF, incomplete)
https://read-free-online.blogspot.com/p/working-on-sad-cypress-hercule-poirot-22.html (takes you to mine bc honestly there aren't any well-formatted sites I could find so you could use mine or just google "sad cypress read free online" and read it on studynovels or vampirenovels100 or smth lolol)

Extra resources to use while reading!

Breakdown of Sad Cypress: http://www.self.gutenberg.org/articles/sad_cypress (scroll down to read about the characters, plot summary, and literary significance. It's super fascinating!)

Notes on Sad Cypress: https://knowingchristie.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/notes-on-sad-cypress/ (a bit hard to follow what they're talking about, but still interesting)

Hercule Poirot's Christmas (PDF) 📖

Complete book, pdf, opens in new tab, don't have to download to read it but you can.

LINK.  http://detective.gumer.info/anto/christie_23_2.pdf

(non-classic, non-traditional) books you should own a copy of

This is a non-traditional list of books that are my all-time favorites, all of which you should own at least one copy of. These should, in my opinion, be on everyone's shelves. They're the books I'm planning on buying for myself when I move out of my parents' house, assuming that will ever happen.

From A to Z.

Agatha Christie - Read Free Online 📚

No ads, no pop-ups, and I haven't checked but I'm pretty sure they offer all of her books.

LINK.  http://onlinereadfreenovel.com/agatha-christie/

Watch 4:50 From Paddington (1987) Free Online 🎥

LINK.  http://moviesonline.sc/watch/mx5A2jxR-agatha-christie-s-miss-marple-4-50-from-paddington.html

Watch Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-2013) Free Online 🎥

Length: ~50m/episode (seasons 1-5), ~90-100m/episode (seasons 6-13)*. Genre: Crime Fiction/Crime Drama. No. of episodes: 70. Starring: David Suchet. Produced by Brian Eastman. Network: ITV.

My opinion. Haven't seen it yet.

LINK.  (all links open in new tabs)

Main Page

Season One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

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*shorter episodes are based on Agatha Christie's short stories written about Poirot.

Murder on the Mews (PDF) 📖

Hope the link works, it looks rlly long and like not trustworthy so hopefully it pulls up the book like it did for me. If it doesn't, just Google "murder on the Mews read free online" bc that's literally what I did 😂 also ik I already posted a link and it's probably the same one, but I do know this worked for me so I'm posting it again also bc I just want to for personal reasons so go away

LINK.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://detective.gumer.info/anto/christie_44_2.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjV7YWc8_TlAhWoIjQIHbHMAi0QFjAAegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2uFdTCM24AH0xNgiDSi-Lq

Murder in the Mews 📖

Downloads immediately on clicking the link and I'm not even sure it's actually the book but in case it is u heard it from me first.

LINK.  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://detective.gumer.info/anto/christie_44_2.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiPxff3i4nkAhUKQq0KHXjXDSMQFjADegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2uFdTCM24AH0xNgiDSi-Lq

Murder In Mesopotamia (PDF) 📖

There are two links. Last one is a pdf (doesn't download automatically, dw) and is a little bit hard to highlight as you're reading (I just like doing that so I can keep track of where I am - if you don't like doing that, pdf shouldn't be a problem for you). The first one is more blog-style and I prefer that but it's all up to you. The first one also has access to other Agatha Christies (see previous post) so if you want to jump straight into another as soon as you've finished this one, I'd suggest using the first.

LINK.  https://arounddate.com/murder-in-mesopotamia-by-agatha-christie/

https://www.educatora.in/uploads/2/0/5/1/20513864/murder_in_mesopotamia_by_agatha_christie.pdf

UPDATE: the first one doesn't have the full book, so if you're not jazzed about reading a pdf (the second link), after a LOT of searching I finally unearthed the full book on (guess where) archive.org, which is a blessing of a site, I love that place so, thanks to them, here's the full version:

https://archive.org/stream/agathachristie/Agatha%20Christie/English/Agatha%20Christie%20-%20Murder%20in%20Mesopotamia_djvu.txt

There is one drawback: they have some typos, which can make reading confusing. I posted my own so that I don't have to read it with the typos - I corrected the mistakes by checking mine against the pdf, the second link I gave. The link to mine is available on the side, with the rest of the books I've republished, or you can just click here (opens in new tab). If you don't want to use my version, that's fine, the third link listed is a fine way to read the book, but it does have typos and might be hard to read. The pdf is 100% fine, too, if you don't mind downloading the book.

Agatha Christie Novels - Read Free Online 📚

I haven't checked, so I have no idea, but they might have all of her books. I glanced through the list and there are a lot there, but a lot as in there were about 10 on that first page - so they might have all 80+ or they might not, but if you're trying to find an Agatha Christie somewhere, anywhere, check these guys out bc chances are it's there.

LINK.  https://arounddate.com/category/books/christie-agatha/

Death in the Clouds 📖

I usually just google the name and the author and tack on "read free online", which is what I did this time and stumbled on English e-Reader which I've used in the past to find English books I can't find anywhere else (there were a couple Agatha Christies). That's the first link. The second one has drawings from Death in the Clouds that are all at the beginning, before the first chapter. English e-Reader's book doesn't have the drawings or the list of characters and chapters, it just jumps into the story. The last link has a poorly-put-together book - the words runinto each other likethis and itsreally hard toreadif you want to. So if you want the list of characters, look at the last link. If you want to have an easy time reading, download the book with the first link.

Just a warning, if you're going to use the first link, use the "download: epub", don't read the "read online" button (use the middle one, not the first one) because then it'll take you to a 403 error and say you have to login to read which is dumb because you can just download the book but k.

LINK. https://english-e-reader.net/book/death-in-the-clouds-agatha-christie (this one will download using your computer's built-in "book software" - for Samsung it's Adobe Flash Reader, for Mac it's iBooks and idk about PC but they probably have something for this too)

LINK. https://reader.bookmate.com/BKxLQnSG (this layout is basically like iBooks/AFR/Kindle but online and not easy to read)

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Murder of Roger Ackroyd 📖

This version, the first part of the second chapter isn't there - it starts with something about the local geography before he keeps going with the story and then talks about Roger Ackroyd for a long time, but in this version it doesn't have any of that. You might need to get two copies and read ch 2 side by side so that you can tell what you're missing and not miss it.

Update: I finished reading the second chapter and felt like something was off the whole time, so I sat down with my paperback and compared - except I didn't even look at the one online because I could tell just by reading it how much it had cut out. The first link below does have the book, but it's more like the abridged version because it's very different from the original and if you read this version, there are some significant sections completely missing from this one.

The second link is complete, as far as I know (didn't need to read it on the computer so I just glanced through the first cpl pages), but it's not as easy to read, downloads immediately on clicking the link, and as far as I can remember, has some miss-typos. Overall, though, I think it's a better option. Or just google "read murder of roger ackroyd free".

LINK. https://english-e-reader.net/book/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-agatha-christie

LINK.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwip7r2fqdjeAhVs5YMKHdGrDB4QFjAAegQIBxAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphoto.goodreads.com%2Fdocuments%2F1274099308books%2F16328.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3KQFWNDkJin-scl-_HrLOP

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Why the emojis?