A Daughter's a Daughter
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| A Daughter's a Daughter | |
| Author | Mary Westmacott (pseudonym of Agatha Christie) |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Tragedy |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
| Publication date | November 24 1952 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 200 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | They Do It with Mirrors |
| Followed by | After the Funeral |
A Daughter's a Daughter is a novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Heinemann on November 24, 1952. Initially not published in the US, it was later issued as a paperback by Dell Publishing in September 1963. It was the fifth of six novels Christie wrote under the nom-de-plume Mary Westmacott.
Initially a play written by Christie in the late 1930s, the plot tells of a daughter's opposition to her mother's plan to remarry.
Christie tried to interest Peter Saunders, later the producer of The Mousetrap in the play in 1950. He suggested amendments to update some of the references which were now twenty years old and tried the play out at the Theatre Royal, Bath where it opened on July 9, 1956[1] and ran for one week and eight performances. It was billed under the Westmacott name but the true identity of the author slipped out resulting in good attendance figures. Saunders however felt that it would not survive in the West End and Christie didn't pursue the matter further.[2]
The text of the play has never been published.
[edit] Publication history
- 1952, Heinemann (London), November 24, 1952, Hardback, 200 pp
- 1963, Dell Books (New York), September 1963, Paperback, 191 pp
- 1972, Arbor House (New York), Hardback, 191 pp
- 1978, Ulverscroft Large-print Edition, Hardcover, 334 pp ISBN 0-70-890217-0
- 1986, Fontana Books (Imprint of HarperCollins), Paperback
[edit] References
- ^ Book and Magazine Collector Issue 174, September 1998 (Page 14)
- ^ Morgan, Janet. Agatha Christie, A Biography. (Pages 286-7) Collins, 1984 ISBN 0-00-216330-6
[edit] External links
- A Daughter's a Daughter at the official Agatha Christie website
