It’s nice to know that readers still care for the Golden Age:
Annotations in R. Barnard’s ‘An Appreciation of Agatha Christie’
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Criticisms of Criticisms
Five Minute Mysteries
Meanders in Fiction
It’s nice to know that readers still care for the Golden Age:
Annotations in R. Barnard’s ‘An Appreciation of Agatha Christie’
.
Five Minute Mysteries 
I’ve always felt this was a little hard on Christie. Her descriptions are flat, but her characters and dialogue can be sprightly and amusing. One quite distinguished contemporary reviewer compared the Murder at the Vicarage to Cranford.
By the way, you might like this piece I did on marginalia:
http://thepassingtramp.blogspot.com/2012/04/bosh-marvelous-marginalia-of-lieutenant.html
http://thepassingtramp.blogspot.com/2012/04/bosh-marvelous-marginalia-of-lieutenant_10.html
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