NMLP P-000509 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Moving Finger

Agatha Christie · Dodd, Mead and Company · 1942

The chronologically first edition is US Dodd, Mead (July 1942), preceding UK Collins (June 1943). Note the US text is abridged; the UK Collins edition carries Christie's complete text.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-000509 for "The Moving Finger" by Agatha Christie (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-000509, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).