Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories
Written by Agatha Christie
Narrated by Simon Vance
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
With Star Over Bethlehem, the beloved Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie shines in a totally unexpected way, offering readers a wondrous collection of poems and holiday short stories.
A retelling of the Christmas Story in a way you’ve never heard it before. . . . The fable of a donkey who carries a mother and child safely to Egypt. . . . The tale of a widow who dislikes people until she meets a stranger. . . .
From the most popular writer of all time comes a treasured collection of short stories and poems celebrating the holiday season.
This special edition also contains a wealth of Agatha Christie rarities—not only all the stories, poems, and illustrations from her long out-of-print book Star over Bethlehem (1965) but also a reproduction of all her rare poetry from the two collections The Road of Dreams (1924) and Poems (1973).
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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Reviews for Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a slightly more traditional set of Christmas stories than others I have read this year, though from an unusual pen. Agatha Christie published this set of short stories in 1965. They are warmly and cosily religious stories (ones not ramming religion down one's throat) about God appearing in various guises to people in a range of situations, ancient and modern, restoring hope and balance to those people's lives. Nothing outstanding but a pleasant read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a collection of short stories, holiday themed, and poems, not all holiday themed. I'm not sure when this was originally published, but it reads like a Victorian collection, at least the poems do. The stories are nice, nothing earth-shattering, just nice little stories to read during the holidays. The poems were quite sentimental, seemed to focus on dead or lost lovers, the seasons and nature. I have some poetry written by my great-great grandmothers which is similar. I found those about Harlequin, Columbine and the rest very interesting, not having heard much about them before except their names.Simon Vance, as the narrator, was perfect.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Star Over Bethlehem is a collection of Christian short stories and poetry.The stories are not deep or really thought-provoking, but they are touching and kind stories. Christie tells some stories from the Bible and then other stories are about how religion can touch a person's life and leave a positive mark. I like that the stories are not preachy in anyway. They are simple tales that tell their story well.