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''The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories'' is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1939.〔(American Tribute to Agatha Christie )〕 The first edition retailed at $2.00.〔 The stories feature, with one exception (''In a Glass Darkly''), Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple or Parker Pyne, Christie's famed detectives. The collection was not published in the UK and was the first time a Christie book was published in the US without a comparable publication in the UK; however all of the stories in the collection were published in later UK collections (see ''UK book appearances of stories'' below). ==Stories== *"The Regatta Mystery" *"The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest" *"How Does Your Garden Grow?" *"Problem at Pollensa Bay" *"Yellow Iris" *"Miss Marple Tells a Story" *"The Dream" *"In a Glass Darkly" *"Problem at Sea" "The Regatta Mystery" (the title story) has Mr Parker Pyne catch a diamond thief during regatta festivities at Dartmouth harbour. "The Mystery of the Bagdad Chest" concerns how a dead body found its way into the titular chest in the midst of a dance party. Arthur Hastings chronicles Hercule Poirot's unravelling of the mystery. "How Does Your Garden Grow?" is a line from the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary", which Poirot is reminded of when visiting a country house with a beautifully maintained garden whose mistress has just died – after writing a cryptic letter requesting his help. The "Problem at Pollensa Bay" concerns a mother's dislike for her son's fiancee. The problem is solved (non-violently) by fellow vacationer Parker Pyne. In "Yellow Iris", Poirot follows an anonymous phone call to a restaurant table laden with the favourite flower of a woman who died mysteriously four years before. This story was expanded and made into the full-length mystery ''Sparkling Cyanide'', featuring Colonel Race instead of Poirot. "Miss Marple Tells a Story" is written in the first person by the elderly sleuth, who recalls solving (without leaving her own chair) a seemingly impossible murder. In "The Dream", an eccentric millionaire tells Poirot of a troubling dream in which he kills himself – and is found dead a week later. "In a Glass Darkly" is the only story in the collection not to feature one of Christie's detectives (it is told by an anonymous narrator), and the only one to invoke the supernatural. Its title alludes to the phrase "Through a glass darkly", used by the Apostle Paul to describe how we currently view the world. In "Problem at Sea", a rich woman is found dead in her cabin on a luxury ship off the shore of Alexandria. The story concludes with Poirot saying: "I do not approve of murder." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Regatta Mystery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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