Jane in Search of a Job: A Short Story

A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories.

Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, and when she sees an ad for a woman of her description needed to impersonate a grand duchess, she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts have been made on the Grand Duchess Pauline’s life, but this only serves to make the job more appealing. Jane’s disguise initially goes according to plan, but when she is kidnapped and drugged, it appears that her new employers are not all that they seem…

 

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Jane in Search of a Job: A Short Story

A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories.

Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, and when she sees an ad for a woman of her description needed to impersonate a grand duchess, she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts have been made on the Grand Duchess Pauline’s life, but this only serves to make the job more appealing. Jane’s disguise initially goes according to plan, but when she is kidnapped and drugged, it appears that her new employers are not all that they seem…

 

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Jane in Search of a Job: A Short Story

Jane in Search of a Job: A Short Story

by Agatha Christie
Jane in Search of a Job: A Short Story

Jane in Search of a Job: A Short Story

by Agatha Christie

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Overview

A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories.

Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, and when she sees an ad for a woman of her description needed to impersonate a grand duchess, she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts have been made on the Grand Duchess Pauline’s life, but this only serves to make the job more appealing. Jane’s disguise initially goes according to plan, but when she is kidnapped and drugged, it appears that her new employers are not all that they seem…

 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062211125
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 05/08/2012
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 100
Sales rank: 521,962
File size: 822 KB

About the Author

About The Author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling
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