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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 24 October 1960. [1]

46 relations: Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, Agatha Christie's Marple, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Anime, Boxing Day, Cartier (jeweler), Cat Among the Pigeons, Charisma, Charlatan, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, Collins Crime Club, Conspiracy (criminal), Crime fiction, Desdemona, Double Sin and Other Stories, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Farouk of Egypt, Folly, HarperCollins, Hercule Poirot, Hypothesis, Iago, John Moffatt (actor), Julia McKenzie, Lewis Carroll, Miss Marple, Othello, Robert Barnard, Ruby, Shilling, Sixpence (British coin), Stations of the Cross, The Harlequin Tea Set, The London Magazine, The Observer, The Regatta Mystery, The Strand Magazine, The Under Dog and Other Stories, Third Girl, Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, Through the Looking-Glass, Tongs, Tourniquet, While the Light Lasts and Other Stories.

Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer.

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Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple

is an anime television series that adapted several Agatha Christie stories about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

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Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple (or simply Marple) is a British ITV television series loosely based on the books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie.

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British mystery drama television series that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013.

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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Boxing Day

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on the day after Christmas Day.

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Cartier (jeweler)

Société Cartier is a French luxury goods conglomerate company which designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells jewellery and watches.

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Cat Among the Pigeons

Cat Among the Pigeons is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1959,Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon.

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Charisma

The term charisma (pl. charismata, adj. charismatic) has two senses.

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Charlatan

A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or some similar confidence trick or deception in order to obtain money, fame or other advantages via some form of pretense or deception.

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Christmas pudding

Christmas pudding is a type of pudding traditionally served as part of the Christmas dinner in the UK, Ireland and in other countries where it has been brought by British emigrants.

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Christmas tree

A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as spruce, pine, or fir or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.

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Collins Crime Club

Collins Crime Club was an imprint of British book publishers William Collins, Sons and ran from 6 May 1930 to April 1994.

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Conspiracy (criminal)

In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future.

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Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalises crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives.

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Desdemona

Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604).

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Double Sin and Other Stories

Double Sin and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1961 and retailed for $3.50.

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E. Phillips Oppenheim

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 – 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.

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Farouk of Egypt

Farouk I (فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936.

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Folly

In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of garden ornaments usually associated with the class of buildings to which it belongs.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie.

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Hypothesis

A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.

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Iago

Iago is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604).

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John Moffatt (actor)

Albert John Moffatt (24 September 1922 – 10 September 2012) was an English actor and playwright, known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio in twenty-five productions and for a wide range of stage roles in the West End from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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Julia McKenzie

Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie, CBE (born 17 February 1941) is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director.

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Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer.

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Miss Marple

Jane Marple, usually referred to as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in 12 of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in 20 short stories.

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Othello

Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603.

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Robert Barnard

Robert Barnard (23 November 1936 – 19 September 2013) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer.

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Ruby

A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide).

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Shilling

The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries.

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Sixpence (British coin)

The sixpence (6d), sometimes known as a tanner or sixpenny bit, is a coin that was worth one-fortieth of a pound sterling, or six pence. It was first minted in the reign of Edward VI and circulated until 1980. Following decimalisation in 1971 it had a value of new pence. The coin was made from silver from its introduction in 1551 to 1947, and thereafter in cupronickel. Prior to Decimal Day in 1971 there were 240 pence in one pound sterling. Twelve pence made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. Values less than a pound were usually written in shillings and pence, e.g. 42 old pence (p) would be three shillings and sixpence (3/6), often pronounced "three and six". Values of less than a shilling were simply written in terms of pence, e.g. eight pence would be 8d ('d' for denarius).

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Stations of the Cross

The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers.

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The Harlequin Tea Set

The Harlequin Tea Set is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by G. P. Putnam's Sons on 14 April 1997.

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The London Magazine

The London Magazine is a publication of arts, literature and miscellaneous interests.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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The Regatta Mystery

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1939.

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The Strand Magazine

The Strand Magazine was a monthly magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles.

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The Under Dog and Other Stories

The Under Dog and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the United States in 1951, Dodd Mead and Company.

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Third Girl

Third Girl is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1966Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon.

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Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1950.

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Through the Looking-Glass

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a novel by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).

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Tongs

Tongs are a type of tool used to grip and lift objects instead of holding them directly with hands.

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Tourniquet

A tourniquet can be defined as a constricting or compressing device used to control arterial and venous blood flow to a portion of an extremity for a period of time.

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While the Light Lasts and Other Stories

While the Light Lasts and Other Stories is a short story collection by Agatha Christie first published in the UK on 4 August 1997 by HarperCollins.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Christmas_Pudding

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