Talk:4.50 from Paddington/Archive 1

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Character descriptions
The article states that the first name of Dr Quimper is John, and also describes Harold Crackenthorpe as having "a hidden passion for the ballet". Where exactly in the novel are these references made? 203.31.52.137 (talk) 03:53, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Good question - I can't find them and I've therefore deleted the items. They might be in one of the tv versions and some "contributors" on this site often make changes because they've seen them there--Jtomlin1uk (talk) 08:57, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Harold's hidden passion for the ballet is in the Joan Hickson version - providing an additional motive for his murder; he might know too much about Martine, having attended the company she danced for. In fact, the BBC adaptation's handling of the Harold and Martine plotlines is unusually removed from the original, for this series. And Harold dies from a mantrap dating from Josiah's day - although the filming suggests he is murdered face-to-face. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rogersansom (talk • contribs) 08:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

I question the comment at the end of the summary "though she refuses to be drawn on the identity of the groom, the reader understands that this would be Inspector Craddock." What evidence is there that this is what the reader will infer? I always felt she'd marry Bryan, but I know from conversations with other readers that many can't decide who she will marry. In a later Miss Marple novel, "The Mirror Cracked..." Inspector Craddock is unmarried so I doubt he's who Christie intended. Personally I think she didn't know and just left it up to the reader, but my opinion isn't what matters, it's textual evidence. Therefore I think this phrase should be removed. Using a borrowed computer and not signed in and not sure how to do this. Sorry. Teri-K — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8805:800:1CD:9D45:7E7B:D6CB:1A26 (talk) 21:18, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Strange omission of any reference to tontine?
Tontine lists this novel as having a plot based on a tontine. Strange that the article makes no reference to this. I wonder why? DFH (talk) 10:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Barnard quote
"Contains one of Christie's few sympathetic women." This cannot be correctly quoted. mcoverdale (talk) 18:13, 18 June 2012 (UTC)


 * As an outsider who knows nothing of Barnard's editor, it seems plausible to me.
 * Which do you mean, supposing the quotation is accurate?
 * * this use of "contains" or "sympathetic" or a sentence fragment is so outlandish, the quotation requires "sic"
 * * this generalization about Christie's work is so outlandish, some discussion should accompany it
 * --P64 (talk) 17:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

I own a copy of the Barnard work and the quote is correct.Rithom (talk) 22:45, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

To clear up details, the phrase in this article for the quote from Barnard is "Contains one of Christie's few sympathetic independent women." I expect that saw that when he checked the source, and that the full phrase will clear up the confusion of  who saw the incomplete version of the article of 12 June 2012, and makes it clear for, that Barnard liked a sympathetic independent female character in this novel, specifically Lucy Eyelesbarrow. This is now also mentioned in the lead, in the highlights of the reviews. The quote shows as accurate here in this March 2015 version of the review section, and in June 2012, the quote was missing the word "independent", so someone corrected it between 2012 and 2015. --Prairieplant (talk) 07:03, 5 August 2018 (UTC) my own edit --Prairieplant (talk) 07:18, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Editor fixed the quote from Barnard in 2014, in this edit. --Prairieplant (talk) 08:22, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Title
Why "4.50" rather than "4-50" or "4·50" as the front cover suggests? Do we follow contemporary British rail schedules? Does the British national library (how do we check that?) use "4.50"? --P64 (talk) 17:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)