But .... very much like last week's episode .... the story, while it shares several basic marks ... almost seems like a different story than the one in the book.
The Sleeping Murder
A bit of history of the story ...
Appearantly after World War 2 ... Agatha Christie decided to write the final cases for her most important detectives, Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple.
She wrote them, and shipped them off to her publisher - under the directions that they NOT be published until after her death.
This is the final case of Miss Jane Marple ...
In the book, it appears she is still rather active ... and her instincts are as sharp as ever.
But it is the LAST novel for Jane ... although, it seems she lives on in the end (unlike Poirot, who dies in his final story)
In the Series - yup we're going to start with this one - the story opens in India, filmed Bollywood style with dancers and music in the Bollywood style ... pretty but ... fluff, just filler. They use this scene to introduce Gwenda (main character) and her father.
In the series Gwenda is ENGAGED to be married ... and traveling to England alone to find a new home for her and her fiancee ....
She is met by someone who her husband has pick her up at the airport and show her around the country, helping her look for a home.
In the series Gwenda is ENGAGED to be married ... and traveling to England alone to find a new home for her and her fiancee ....
She is met by someone who her husband has pick her up at the airport and show her around the country, helping her look for a home.
During one of these trips, they go to a seaside and eat an ice cream cone ... when she notices a house over on the opposite shore - just nextled in ..
He finds that the house is for sale and she purchases it.
She appears to have "psychic" abilities - finding where a door was hidden and discribing the wallpaper in a room that is hidden away.
Yeah ... and that's about it, really.
In the book ... her name is Gwenda BUT she is already MARRIED ... she does arrive ON HER OWN to purchase a house, but there is NO ONE else, at least I don't remember it being mentioned, which drives her from place to place.
In the book, Gwenda says she has NEVER been to India, or England ... and that she was raised in New Zealand (interesting this bit, you don't hear about too many characters living in NZ) ... she's about 22 or 23 years old. She was too young to remember her mother, and barely remembers her father .... she was raised by his wife and her husband.
In the book, not only does she find the hidden door, but also an old pathway which had grown over, and the wallpaper hidden in a cabinet, which had been locked but the key lost.
Both feature Gwenda & Jane going to a stage production ... both feature Gwends getting up and walking out of the play upset by what happened on the stage ... but I do like the way the book gets into what happens afterwards .... Miss Marple is so kind and gentle, bringing Gwenda a hot water bottle to help settle her shakes.
Oh yes -- the book is definattely the way to go ... but the series isn't bad either ...
just WATCH THE EPISODE FIRST ... otherwise you'll feel a tad disappointed.
Again, I have embedded what I could find on YouTube for you ... enjoy ... and remember ...
THESE ARE NOT MY VIDEOS ... I have only embedded them for your enjoyment.
The episode I saw found
(I have not found a good video of this story yet ... just very short clips)
The Audio book
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