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Philomel Cottage Audiobook Summary

The recently married Alix Martin is obsessed with a recurring dream of her new husband’s murder. Each time she can see the murderer clearly, and it’s the mild-mannered man she had previously been engaged to, taking his revenge. But, what’s worse is that at the end of the dream she thanks the murderer. Perplexed, Alix tries to calm herself by spending time in the garden of her picturesque cottage. But her gardener confuses her further by wishing her well on her trip to London–a trip which Alix knows nothing about. Now Alix is scared: is the gardener imagining things, or is she?

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Philomel Cottage Audiobook Narrator

Hugh Fraser is the narrator of Philomel Cottage audiobook that was written by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

About the Author(s) of Philomel Cottage

Agatha Christie is the author of Philomel Cottage

Philomel Cottage Full Details

Narrator Hugh Fraser
Length 50 minutes
Author Agatha Christie
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date December 26, 2012
ISBN 9780062257628

Subjects

The publisher of the Philomel Cottage is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Short Stories (single author)

Additional info

The publisher of the Philomel Cottage is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062257628.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Anne

February 17, 2023

Bluebeard gets an ass beating!Alix Martin comes into a bit of money and a whirlwind romance at the same time. Her long-time man-friend, Dick, is acting weird after she inherits a bit of cash from a relative and they have a falling out. Meanwhile, she runs into the handsome Geral and they fall in love and get married, against Dick's warnings that she doesn't know him well enough.The newlyweds buy a picturesque (but isolated) house in the country called Philomel Cottage and all is right with the world. Sort of.On the heels of a nightmare wherein Dick kills Gerald, Dick calls to let Alix know he's in town. She's a bit confused as to how she feels about that. And then gets even more confused when the gardener tells her that Gerald informed him that she would be leaving town for a while and he wasn't sure when she would return. AND that the cost of the cottage was less than what Gerald told her it was. She starts snooping and finds out that Gerald has written down everything meticulously in his diary including some mysterious task he plans to perform at 9 pm! When she confronts him, he warns her off digging into his past. RED FLAG! RED FLAG!Girl, that is every Lifetime movie ever made and you should definitely run.She doesn't.What she does do is go through his shit and find out that (view spoiler)[this guy has totally killed off another woman he had married for her money! (hide spoiler)]BITCH, I TOLD YOU TO RUN!Ok, but she does manage to send a coded message to Dick in the hopes that he will understand she's in BIG trouble and needs his help.So I thought Dick would ride to the rescue and save her stupid ass.No! In an incredible twist (view spoiler)[she convinces Gerald that SHE has murdered several husbands by poisoning them. YES! He's got her down in the cellar and he's got a menacing spade in his hand just ready to dig her grave, when she pops out with this whole story that she's managed to kill more than once and get away with it! And he's so scared that he starts thinking his coffee tasted bitter and (this is silly but...ok) DIES OF FRIGHT. And that's when Dick and the cops show up, my friend (hide spoiler)]So. There you go.This is definitely one of my top 10 Agatha Christie shorts.Highly recommended. Read it!Originally published in 1924 in The Grand Magazine.Read as part of the short story collection The Last Seance: Tales of the Supernatural.["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>

Howard

November 13, 2022

4 Stars for Philomel Cottage (audiobook) by Agatha Christie read by Hugh Fraser. Wow, this was a short story with a surprise ending. I didn’t see that coming.

Michael

September 12, 2020

Well sweet damn, I was beginning to think that this was a cliche, "I instantly fell in love with a man with a mysterious past and it turns out he has some dirty secrets," kind of story. But that ending...The plot twist at the very end completely blindsided and impressed me, I thought I had the plot all figured out from the very first sentence and it shocked me. A very suspenseful and tension-filled tale with a brilliant twist at the end.

Laur

July 18, 2021

Agatha Christie...another ending in “didn’t see that coming”! Agatha - what can we say that has already not been said? Just pure brilliant. Audio version just under 51 minutes. Great for a quick listen/read!

Daniel

February 08, 2021

A wonderful time filler!Twists and turns galore and a conclusion that leaves you thinking.....

Juli

February 22, 2021

An heiress marries in haste, and comes to wonder how well she really knows her husband. Is he plotting? First published in The Grand Magazine in 1924. It was later included in The Listerdale Mystery story collection in 1934 (UK) and The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories in 1948 (US). This is one of Agatha Christie's most adapted stories. It was adapted for radio 3 times for the OTR show Suspense (1924. 1943 and 1946), and once by BBC4 Radio in 2002 (modernized version). It has also been adapted for the stage (1936, titled Love from a Stranger), television (Fireside Theatre, 1950) and film (1947 in the US, titled A Stranger Walked In). The stage play (titled Love from a Stranger) was adapted for film and television four times (1938, 1947 and 1958 and once for West German television in 1957).A story re-told that many times, in nearly every format, must be a great tale! And it is! The 1937 movie, titled Love From a Stranger, is available on Youtube. It starred Basil Rathbone, Ann Harding and Binnie Hale. The film is based on the 1936 stage play. In the United States the movie was titled A Night of Terror. The movie fleshes out the story and makes a few changes, but it's still very good. This story is very clever. I can see why it was adapted so many times. It is definitely classic Christie. I listened to this story in audio format from The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, narrated by Hugh Fraser. Loved it! On to the next!

Brooklyn

July 09, 2016

A quick intriguing read. One I hadn't read before, so that was cool. Very cool. These mini stories are perfect in between other books :)

Jess

January 25, 2019

That plot twist at the end completely blindsinded me. Bravo, Agatha Christie!

Anastasia

June 16, 2018

*Read for class.3.75/5I've read this short novella for my paper about the Bluebeard and I loved how the plot of the original was transformed into a short mystery. The reveal was pretty obvious, even if you don't know the fairy-tale, but I still enjoyed it a lot. Plus, the ending made me go "what?" and reread the last couple of paragraphs. Agatha Christie truly is a genius, I love her works, even though I haven't read a lot. Yet.

Barb

April 23, 2020

I'm not a short story person but after hearing praise about this one I gave it a go. I rather enjoyed it though the end is a little predictable.

Cassandra

November 10, 2017

This short story kept me on my toes until the very end. I felt like the foreshadowing followed a natural speed and was obvious enough for any reader to pick up on. I made my friend read this story so I could discuss it with them because I couldn't find anyone online analyzing the ending. I re-read it and still was amused by the ambiguity.

Mishika

June 15, 2018

What was it that I just read! (mindblown)

Sherri

March 07, 2014

Wonderful short mystery!!

Yuthika

August 26, 2017

Philomel Cottage has been an interesting experience. Different from Agatha Christie's other works, but highly engaging. I loved it.

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