Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
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Three Blind Mice and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie
and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company
in 1950
. The first edition retailed at $2.50.
The later collections The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
(1960), Poirot's Early Cases
(1974), Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
(1979), and Problem at Pollensa Bay (1992) reprint between them all the stories in this collection except the title story Three Blind Mice
- which is an alternate version of the play The Mousetrap
and which is the only Christie short story not to have been published in the UK.
For first publications in the UK, see the applicable UK collections referenced above.
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 1950
1950 in literature
The year 1950 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Kazuo Shimada wins the "Mystery Writer Of Japan" award for his book Shakai-bu Kisha .*Jack Kerouac has his first novel published....
. The first edition retailed at $2.50.
The later collections The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
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 October 24 1960. It is the only Christie first edition published in the UK that contains stories with both Hercule...
(1960), Poirot's Early Cases
Poirot's Early Cases
Poirot'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), Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
Miss 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), and Problem at Pollensa Bay (1992) reprint between them all the stories in this collection except the title story Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice (radio play and short story)
Three Blind Mice is the name of a half-hour radio play written by Agatha Christie and broadcast on the BBC Light Programme at 8.00pm on Friday May 30, 1947....
- which is an alternate version of the play The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. The Mousetrap opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has been running continuously since then. It has the longest initial run of any play in history, with over 24,500 performances so far. It is the longest running show of the modern...
and which is the only Christie short story not to have been published in the UK.
List of stories
- 1948 Three Blind MiceThree Blind Mice (radio play and short story)Three Blind Mice is the name of a half-hour radio play written by Agatha Christie and broadcast on the BBC Light Programme at 8.00pm on Friday May 30, 1947....
- 1944 Strange JestMiss 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...
- 1942 The Tape-Measure MurderMiss 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...
- 1942 The Case of the Perfect MaidMiss 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...
- 1942 The Case of the CaretakerMiss 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...
- 1929 The Third Floor Flat
- 1923 The Adventure of Johnny Waverly
- 1941 Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
- 1926 The Love Detectives
Publication history
- 1948, Dodd, Mead and Company (New York), 1948, Hardback, 250 pp
- 1952, Dell Books, Paperback, 224 pp, (Dell number 633 [mapbackMapbackMapback is a term used by paperback collectors to refer to the earliest paperback books published by Dell Books, beginning in 1943. The books are known as mapbacks because the back cover of the book contains a map that illustrates the location of the action. Dell books were numbered in series...
]) - 1960, Dell Books, Paperback, as The Mousetrap and other stories, (Dell number D354)
- 1984, Berkley BooksBerkley BooksBerkley Books is an imprint of Penguin Group that began as an independent company in 1955. It was established by Charles Byrne and Frederic Klein, who were working for Avon and formed "Chic News Company". They renamed it Berkley Publishing Co. in 1955. They soon found a niche in science fiction...
, Paperback, 212 pp, (Berkley number 06806-4)
First publication of stories in the U.S.
- The Adventure of Johnny Waverly: June 1925 (Volume XLI, Number 2)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 unncredited illustration.
- The Love Detectives: October 30, 1926 (Volume XIX, Number 3) issue of Flynn's Weekly under the title At the Crossroads with uncredited illustrations.
- The Third Floor Flat: January 5, 1929 (Volume CVI, Number 6) 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 slightly different title In the Third Floor Flat with an uncredited illustration.
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds: November 9, 1940 (Volume 106, Number 19) issue of Collier'sCollier's WeeklyCollier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
magazine with illustrations by Mario Cooper.
- Strange Jest: November 2, 1941 issue of the weekly newspaper supplement This Week magazine under the title A Case of Buried Treasure.
- The Tape-Measure Murder: November 16, 1941 issue of the weekly newspaper supplement This Week magazine with an illustration by Arthur Sarnoff.
- The Case of the Caretaker: July 5, 1942 edition of the Chicago Sunday TribuneChicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
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- The Case of the Perfect Maid: September 13, 1942 edition of the Chicago Sunday TribuneChicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
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- Three Blind Mice: May 1948 (Volume 124, Number 5) issue of CosmopolitanCosmopolitan (magazine)Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
magazine with uncredited illustrations.
For first publications in the UK, see the applicable UK collections referenced above.
External links
- Three Blind Mice and Other Stories at the official Agatha Christie website