I've read the book a few times before and never picked up on the stairs either. It mentions the bungalow as being one of a number of newly built ones (mid 1930s), I'm wondering if it was a chalet bungalow, I know there was a trend for those at one time, but no idea when. I've double checked the Railway Children reference, and to start with it only mentions an E. Nesbit book, later revealing it was the Railway Children, but I still feel it doesn't fit in with the storyline the way it's written, however maybe that's my own interpretation.Moonraker wrote:Although I've read the book a million times, I've never spotted that!Of course, it might've been a bungalow with a loft conversion/dormer window. No idea on the Railway Children faux pas though.Katharine wrote:I've just finished reading Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders. In one part they visit a family in a bungalow and then go upstairs to look at the bedroom. My understanding of a bungalow is a house with only ground floor accommodation.
Even an author like J.K. Rowling who plans her books, has to my mind, had a couple of inconsistencies. I can't remember all of them, but the first one that struck me is at the beginning of the first book. It says that Harry creeps down the stairs to catch the morning post and in the dark stands on Uncle Vernon. Only thing is though, it's early August and 6.00 in the morning. Surely it would be broad daylight at that time of the year, unless ofcourse the house had blackout curtains fitted? A really petty quibble I know.