'Christie Classics is an omnibus edition of Agatha Christie works published by Dodd Mead in 1957.[1] The omnibus is available in hardcover only and consists of some of her well-known classic works. Included in the omnibus are the novels The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and And Then There Were None as well as the short stories Philomel Cottage (short story), The Witness for the Prosecution (short story) and Three Blind Mice.
Blurb from front flap[]
TWO FULL-LENGTH NOVELS, a novelette and two of the author's most famous short stories are included in this generous and distinguished collection.
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD. Millions of copies of this brilliant and controversial tour de force have been sold and after more than thirty years it remains one of the undisputed classics of mystery writing.
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. Second only to ACKROYD is this daring puzzle of ten people on an island, each with a secret crime in his life and each facing a relentless fate--until there were none.
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION. PHILOMEL COTTAGE. Two baffling short stories, each ending in a dramatic surprise, and each the original version of a well-known dramatic success.
THREE BLIND MICE. A startling novelette on which is based the play entitled The Mousetrap, which holds the record of the longest run of any mystery on the London stage.
Never before has so original and outstanding a mystery collection been available in a single volume, each of the stories included having achieved an unprecedented success both in print and across the footlights.
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- ↑ Some internet resources claim a date of 1954. However Barnard's bibliography in A Talent to Deceive lists the omnibus as published in 1957. Furthermore, the earliest US newspaper reviews and advertisements of this omnibus only begin in 1957 and there is nothing at all in 1954. In the absence of other compelling evidence, a date of 1957 is preferred.