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Old 09-04-2013, 12:24 AM   #116
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Originally Posted by Julius Caesar View Post
I agree. I am a purist. Incidentally, do you know if Agatha Christie novels were originally published in the UK with double quotes or single quotes? The Kindle version I bought from Amazon US has single quotes but strangely, the printed facsimile version I bought from Amazon UK has double quotes. I would expect it's the other way around.
All of my hard cover Agatha Christie books are reprints from the US, and of course all have double quotes.

All I can think of to really confirm what was originally used is to find a seller of old early editions that has an Agatha Christie book published in the UK, give them a call and tell them you're interested and ask them if they would please check which quotes were used in the book. With all the automated programs and scans and conversions around both public domain and sold, even if an electronic copy said it was as originally typeset, I probably wouldn't trust that info.
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