The book has sold over 100 million copies, making it one of the best-selling novels of all time.įrance, which is in the midst of a debate about alleged racism in the police and society at large, was one of the last countries to continue using the original title. The book has also appeared under the title Ten Little Indians, a racially-loaded term which in itself is controversial in contemporary America. Up to a house high on a mountain top have been invited ten people who are strangers to each other. Light wear at the edges with mild soiling to the rear panel. Agatha Christie is said to have approved the change. It is a manuscript by Justice Wargrave, who confesses that he lured his victims to the island to punish them in a way that the law could not. A BCE of a collection of 8 of Christies plays (Ten Little Indians, Appointment With Death, The Hollow, The Mousetrap, Witness for the Prosecution, Towards Zero, Verdict, & Go Back for Murder). The book gained its current English title in Britain in the 1980s, following the example of the US edition which came out as the non-offensive And Then There Were None as early as its first publication in 1940. The word 'nègre' which appeared 74 times in the French version of the book, will be replaced with the word 'soldat' or 'soldier' in the latest translation by Gérard de Chergé, said RTL. The book, first published in Britain in 1939 under the title Ten Little Niggers after a minstrel song, 'came from a time when such language was common,' he said. pdlI5MogfO- Eric Naulleau AugSeveral title changes Used poor Paperback Condition POOR ISBN 10 0671801511 ISBN 13 9780671801519 Seller. Cette révision infinie du passé et de ses œuvres est une démarche totalitaire.

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