Characters drink frequently, but rarely get drunk.

And while it's never explicitly said or even alluded to, the original title was called 'Ten Little (N-words)', which was the poem 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' original name.ĭrinking, Drugs, And Smoking(3/5): Drugs are frequently discussed, including dope, weed, and cyanide being used. Language(3/5): 'Damn' and 'hell' are used throughout, 'arse', 'a**', and 'g****mn' are used once or twice, and characters are called 'jews' malevolently. 'D*mn', 'hell', 'a**' are used a couple of times.Īnd Then There Were None is a 1939 mystery book written by Agatha Christie.

Relationships are mentioned, but nothing that bad.

People are murdered with all sorts of things, syringes, crushed to death, drowned, shot, etc. Obviously, there is a lot of gore and deaths (I mean, its called 'And Then There Were None', what did you expect?). You should note, that originally, when this book was first published, it was called 'Ten Little N*****s', and then when it came to the US, it was renamed 'Ten Little Indians' (is that supposed to be better?), and eventually people realized that both titles are extremely offensive, and re-renamed it 'And Then There Were None'. You will never guess the answer to 'who did it?' while reading. Mostly, I just wanted to know who was murdering everyone and why. The violence and deaths surprisingly didnt really bother me. The book has sold over 100 million copies and has had more adaptations than any other Christie title, including the 1943 play adapted and produced by Christie herself and the 1945 film adaptation directed by Rene Clair.I read And Then There Were None last year, and, admittedly, it was a little early. The world's best-selling mystery and one of the best-selling books of all time, Christie's Ten Little Niggers was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on Novemand was subsequently released in the United States in January 1940 with the title And Then There Were None, which would serve as the works title in all subsequent printings.

Very good in the rare original dust jacket with some expert restoration. First edition of the best-selling mystery novel of all time and Christie’s personal favorite of all of her novels, released subsequently in the United States as And Then There Were None and so titled in all successive reprints.

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