tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post5917759672933991890..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha ChristieClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-5439764480066848672022-01-03T17:54:25.102+00:002022-01-03T17:54:25.102+00:00Yes I am with you all the way - a great favourite...Yes I am with you all the way - a great favourite of mine. I love also the contrast between the exotic Middle Eastern section at the beginning, then the jump to a proper English school in autumn. And very well-drawn, distinct and memorable characters.Moira @ Clothes in Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628557807036726070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28052583478085634912021-11-30T21:46:32.005+00:002021-11-30T21:46:32.005+00:00This is really one of my favorites. So much going ...This is really one of my favorites. So much going on, a girl's school where the headmistress openly admits to being elitist because it works to make the school go. You need that draw of "famous person's daughter went here!" to get the girls who might be scholarship material but who otherwise would look elsewhere because their parents cared more about fashionable educations than good ones. The teachers were interesting and felt very real, so did the girls. I almost didn't care about the mystery!Auroranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-63365378349168274372016-02-21T11:03:16.015+00:002016-02-21T11:03:16.015+00:00I don't think I knew that, either. It would al...I don't think I knew that, either. It would always be a moneymaker, to change women's shapes to what is seen as more desirable... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-87555018113068055572016-02-21T06:27:21.346+00:002016-02-21T06:27:21.346+00:00I was just today reading about the Wonderbra, in T...I was just today reading about the Wonderbra, in The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures. I had no idea it did so much. I had heard of it of course but just thought the name was designed to sell the product. This one was really loaded with push up power and padding. Based on the diagrams of an early model, I actually bought a similar type bra in my late teens designed to enhance but not use padding or push up.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-82529056610659418922016-02-11T21:26:32.275+00:002016-02-11T21:26:32.275+00:00Perfect rundown of the great scenes in this one, B...Perfect rundown of the great scenes in this one, Brad - I've not long read it and you make me want to pick it up again. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-31170970112514744912016-02-11T06:19:17.247+00:002016-02-11T06:19:17.247+00:00Great job, Moira! I have always loved this one, de...Great job, Moira! I have always loved this one, despite its improbable spy plot (not Christie's strong suit ever! How could she love doing them so much?) The most wonderful mystery out of all of them is: who will become the next schoolmistress? And of course, you think that this is the "domestic" aspect of the book, and it ends up becoming a central part of at least one of the criminal storylines. I love so many scenes here: the woman on the balcony, the tennis game between Julia and Jennifer, the various flirtations Adam must endure, and the climax, with little Mrs. Upjohn journeying resolutely from Anatolia to protect her baby (and nobody needs protection LESS than Julia Upjohn!) Lots and lots of fun!Brad (ahsweetmystery)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12012914349226406144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-43262582351087752362016-02-09T10:36:10.321+00:002016-02-09T10:36:10.321+00:00... and yes, exactly, plays with us...... and yes, exactly, plays with us...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-18082017634261743952016-02-09T10:35:44.729+00:002016-02-09T10:35:44.729+00:00In real life I would have hated them all, and am e...In real life I would have hated them all, and am extremely glad not to have gone to boarding-school - but that never stops me (over many many years) having a good think about which one I would like. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-49178770539364346372016-02-09T08:22:41.726+00:002016-02-09T08:22:41.726+00:00Oh, one of my absolute favourites. She totally pla...Oh, one of my absolute favourites. She totally plays with us. I think I'd prefer this school to Miss Pym's school, though there still seems too much time spent on games in gym slips. skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-64694511676219810012016-02-08T14:10:32.939+00:002016-02-08T14:10:32.939+00:00Absolutely Daniel, fair point. She was a very diff...Absolutely Daniel, fair point. She was a very different kind of Mademoiselle, with all the hair...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9213962249633185792016-02-08T12:42:42.752+00:002016-02-08T12:42:42.752+00:00Let's not forget the lovely exception of the M...Let's not forget the lovely exception of the Mademoiselle in The Enchanted Castle when saying all Mademoiselles are horrible! ;) Daniel Milford-Cottamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-82094682246767463722016-02-07T20:34:26.919+00:002016-02-07T20:34:26.919+00:00Such a good one. And headteachers is almost a topi...Such a good one. And headteachers is almost a topic of its own, as well as schools-in-books. They would make a good list...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-73649121176722771842016-02-07T20:33:51.388+00:002016-02-07T20:33:51.388+00:00ggary, that's a good point, eminently possible...ggary, that's a good point, eminently possible. It could easily have been a standalone.<br /><br />Lucy, yes exactly, in fact her dialogue doesn't look like normal novel dialogue often - but when you say it in your head it is truly convincing. Which most booktalk isn't. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-31067466290836260502016-02-07T20:26:28.388+00:002016-02-07T20:26:28.388+00:00She wrote largely in dialogue, and wrote as people...She wrote largely in dialogue, and wrote as people speak. Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-31192834098819781052016-02-07T18:00:39.162+00:002016-02-07T18:00:39.162+00:00So funny, yes, and Miss Bulstrode really is a terr...So funny, yes, and Miss Bulstrode really is a terrific headmistress, isn't she? (There is also an excellent headmistress in the first chapter of Edmund Crispin's Love Lies Bleeding). And I agree about the end of Cat Among the Pigeons.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-83570234088835360702016-02-07T17:50:40.585+00:002016-02-07T17:50:40.585+00:00Christie was a much funnier writer than those who ...Christie was a much funnier writer than those who have never read her would ever guess. The quote is lovely, spare, comic writing. As I remember, Poirot turns up very late in the novel and sorts everything out, basically serving as a deux ex machina. I wonder whether Christie would have been happier writing this as a stand-alone novel, but decided to keep her publisher happy by bringing in the great detective at the very last minute?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-12801397703827626762016-02-07T16:35:07.793+00:002016-02-07T16:35:07.793+00:00I do think it is one of her best Prashant - funny,...I do think it is one of her best Prashant - funny, and clever, and tense.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84653111681304394252016-02-07T16:10:03.956+00:002016-02-07T16:10:03.956+00:00Moira, I was amused by the excerpt you reproduced....Moira, I was amused by the excerpt you reproduced. I had no idea Christie wrote this (which, in fact, is quite funny) not having read all her novels yet. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-40133742867090011212016-02-07T15:57:37.360+00:002016-02-07T15:57:37.360+00:00Thank you Margot - we are in total agreement on th...Thank you Margot - we are in total agreement on this one. It is full of great characters and situations and conversations, a real winner. I think it's one I'd recommend to someone who hadn't read Christie before. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9312813851241657472016-02-07T12:52:04.264+00:002016-02-07T12:52:04.264+00:00What a treat to see you've featured this one, ...What a treat to see you've featured this one, Moira! There are so many well-drawn characters in it, I think. I've always really liked Honoria Bulstrode quite a lot. And Julia Upjohn is a great character, too. Christie did a really effective job of creating a realistic adolescent character with her. There are a lot of other things I like about this one, and that particular scene with the bra is terrific. I'm glad you featured it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-53939236811013803272016-02-07T11:42:12.480+00:002016-02-07T11:42:12.480+00:00You have a heart of stone, mate, a heart of stone...You have a heart of stone, mate, a heart of stone....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61089700890798788062016-02-07T11:28:51.929+00:002016-02-07T11:28:51.929+00:00The book has a final scene which is remarkable and...The book has a final scene which is remarkable and touching......off to get my copy immediately! Not really.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.com