Jane in Search of a Job audiobook

Jane in Search of a Job is a short story by Agatha Christie. The story was first published in The Grand Magazine in August 1924. It later appeared in the UK as part of the story collection The Listerdale Mystery. It was not published in the US until 1971 when it was included in The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Jane Cleveland needs a job. She's a bit down on her luck and living in a less than desirable boarding house. One day she sees an ad in the personal column in the newspaper. The ad offers a job to a woman with a slim build, light hair, a straight nose and who can speak French. Jane jumps at the chance for a job....and ends up getting much more than she bargained for!This story is a light and cute short mystery, but certainly not very realistic. But then again, I'm not reading Christie for realism! Very enjoyable read. I listened to this story in audio format. I couldn't find a copy of The Listerdale Mystery, so listened to it as part of The Golden Ball and Other Stories (HarperAudio), narrated by Hugh Fraser. Fraser (who played Hastings in the Poirot television series) is an excellent narrator and brings the story to life. This story was adapted for the television show The Agatha Christie Hour in 1982 (episode 9). The story was changed just a bit, but the changes are minor. For the most part, it follows the original quite closely. Fun to watch! I'm glad they went back and dramatized some of these short stories. Wish someone would do the rest of them! On to the next story!

A fun quick readI didn't expect the ending; this story had a great twist. These characters are clever and fun. Agatha Christie never disappoints.

A cute little re read.

Very enjoyable.Audiobook45 minutes

** spoiler alert ** Jane answers an advertisement for a woman with her very specific looks with the promise of a job. She learns that it will pay $2000 to impersonate the grand duchess who is in exile from her county and is receiving death threats. So they need Jane to act as a decoy. When she is whisked away after an event it is clear that the driver is not the normal driver and is instead kidnapping her. She is not afraid because she is obviously not the grand duchess so she thinks that they will figure it out eventually and release her. But she is drugged and once she wakes up she is dressed in her own clothes, not the duchess’, and sees in the paper that there was a robbery at the event and she is wanted for the theft! She has no idea how she will fight these charges until a newspaper man turns up in the same house saying that he had followed her because he was suspicious since she had different shoes than the duchess but he was hit over the head and detained. Luckily for them, the Scotland Yard investigator hears the whole thing and believes them. Reminded me of Tommy and Tuppence’s adventures.

This is an extremely short fun little story, I always (almost always) enjoy Agatha Christie stories and books. this one didn't quite have enough mystery as I would have liked but it's a short story so what do I expect. Anyway It's well worth the short time you invest.

This was very funny can't say typical agatha Christie as it wasn't there is no detective needed,Get a cup off tea and a biscuit this is a lovely wee story and it is very funny just what I needed to cheer me up

While there's no big mystery in this short story and it was fairly obvious what was about to happen, I liked it. I liked Jane and I'm glad she got a happy ending.

One of my favourite short stories by Agatha Christie. It's fun and fast paced.

This was quite good overall, but the ending was too cheesy by far.

In The Golden Ball and Other Stories.

Always a happy ending with Christie.As much as she puts effort into her mystery plots as much as her romance endeavors seem simplistic and more on the naive side