Double Sin and Other Stories
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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. The collection contains eight short stories and was not published in the UK; however all of the stories were published in other UK collections (see UK book appearances of stories below).
For first publications in the UK, see the applicable UK collections below.
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company
Dodd, Mead and Company
Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City. Under several names, the firm operated from 1839 until 1990. Its history properly began in 1870, with the retirement of its founder, Moses Woodruff Dodd. Control passed to his son Frank...
in 1961
1961 in literature
The year 1961 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*First English production of Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui*Michael Halliday publishes his seminal paper on the systemic functional grammar model....
and retailed for $3.50. The collection contains eight short stories and was not published in the UK; however all of the stories were published in other UK collections (see UK book appearances of stories below).
List of stories
- Double Sin
- Wasp's Nest
- The Theft of the Royal Ruby (also known as The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding)
- The Dressmaker's Doll
- Greenshaw's Folly
- The Double Clue
- The Last Seance
- Sanctuary
Publication history
- 1961, Dodd Mead and Company (New York), Hardcover, 247 pp
- 1962, Pocket BooksPocket BooksPocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.- History :Pocket produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry...
(New York), Paperback, (Pocket number 6144), 181 pp - 1964, Dell Books, Paperback, 191 pp
First publication of stories in the U.S.
- The Double Clue: August 1925 (Volume 41, Number 4) issue of the Blue Book MagazineBlue Book (magazine)Blue Book was a popular 20th-century American magazine with a lengthy 70-year run under various titles from 1905 to 1975.Launched as The Monthly Story Magazine, it was published under that title from May 1905 to August 1906 with a change to The Monthly Story Blue Book Magazine for issues from...
with an uncredited illustration.
- The Last Seance: November 1926 issue of Ghost Stories magazine under the title The Woman Who Stole a Ghost.
- Wasp's Nest: March 9, 1929 issue of Detective Story MagazineDetective Story MagazineDetective Story Magazine was an American magazine published by Street & Smith from October 15, 1915 to Summer, 1949 . The first pulp magazine devoted to detective fiction, it consisted of short stories and serials....
under the title The Worst of All.
- Double Sin: March 30, 1929 issue of Detective Story MagazineDetective Story MagazineDetective Story Magazine was an American magazine published by Street & Smith from October 15, 1915 to Summer, 1949 . The first pulp magazine devoted to detective fiction, it consisted of short stories and serials....
under the title By Road or Rail.
- Sanctuary: serialised in the weekly newspaper supplement This Week magazine in two instalments from September 12 to September 19, 1954 under the title Murder at the Vicarage (not to be confused with the novel of the same name) with illustrations by Robert Fawcett.
- Greenshaw's Folly: March 1957 (Volume 29, Number 3) issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, unillustrated.
- The Dressmaker's Doll: June 1959 (Volume 33, Number 6) issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, unillustrated. The story had previously appeared in Canada in the October 25, 1958 issue of the Star Weekly magazine.
- The Theft of the Royal Ruby: serialised in the weekly newspaper supplement This Week magazine in two instalments from September 25 to October 2, 1960 with illustrations by William A. Smith.
For first publications in the UK, see the applicable UK collections below.
UK book appearances of stories
The stories contained in Double Sin and Other Stories appear in the following UK collections:- The Hound of DeathThe Hound of DeathThe Hound of Death and Other Stories is a collection of twelve short stories by Agatha Christie first published in the United Kingdom in October 1933...
(1933): The Last Seance. - The Adventure of the Christmas PuddingThe Adventure of the Christmas PuddingThe 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 October 24 1960. It is the only Christie first edition published in the UK that contains stories with both Hercule...
(1960): The Theft of the Royal Ruby (under the title The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding) and Greenshaw's Folly. - Poirot's Early CasesPoirot's Early CasesPoirot's Early Cases is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September 1974. The book retailed at £2.25...
(1974): Double Sin, Wasp's Nest, and The Double Clue. - Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other StoriesMiss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other StoriesMiss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in October 1979 retailing at £4.50...
(1979): The Dressmaker's Doll and Sanctuary.
External links
- Double Sin and Other Stories at the official Agatha Christie website