In a Glass Darkly [short story]
by Agatha Christie
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A man witnesses a murderous attack on a young woman in a mirror - yet when he turns round there is nothing there. Can he prevent a premonition coming true? Basic human loyalty and jealousy are at the fore in this chilling tale.Tags
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A man sees a vision in his mirror of a girl being strangled by a man with a scarred neck. He meets the girl later and notices that the man he saw strangling her in the mirror bears a resemblance to the guy she is planning to marry…
Very short and mysterious read. Dark story dealing with visions and premonitions. Another entertaining read by Agatha Christie.
Very short and mysterious read. Dark story dealing with visions and premonitions. Another entertaining read by Agatha Christie.
"I've no explanation of this story ...... It's just a thing that happened....."
A quick 6 page short story - what is reflected in the mirror is not always what it seems.
A quick 6 page short story - what is reflected in the mirror is not always what it seems.
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One of the most successful and beloved writer of mystery stories, Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was born in 1890 in Torquay, County Devon, England. She wrote her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920, launching a literary career that spanned decades. In her lifetime, she authored 79 crime novels and a short story collection, 19 show more plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language with another billion in 44 foreign languages. Some of her most famous titles include Murder on the Orient Express, Mystery of the Blue Train, And Then There Were None, 13 at Dinner and The Sittaford Mystery. Noted for clever and surprising twists of plot, many of Christie's mysteries feature two unconventional fictional detectives named Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Poirot, in particular, plays the hero of many of her works, including the classic, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and Curtain (1975), one of her last works in which the famed detective dies. Over the years, her travels took her to the Middle East where she met noted English archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. They married in 1930. Christie accompanied Mallowan on annual expeditions to Iraq and Syria, which served as material for Murder in Mesopotamia (1930), Death on the Nile (1937), and Appointment with Death (1938). Christie's credits also include the plays, The Mousetrap and Witness for the Prosecution (1953; film 1957). Christie received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for 1954-1955 for Witness. She was also named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. Christie died in 1976. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- In a Glass Darkly [short story]
- Original publication date
- 1934-07-28
- First words
- I've no explanation of this story.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And perhaps beyond. . . .
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- Languages
- Dutch, English
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- Paper, Ebook
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- 5
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