Agatha Christie and her works

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Dame Agatha Mary
Clarissa Christie

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I like living. I have
sometimes been wildly,
despairingly, acutely
miserable, racked with
sorrow, but through it
all I still know quite

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 Agatha suffered from dyslexia but in no way did it
stop her from being creative and learning how to
write.
 in Torquay
 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976

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 Archibald Christie in December 1914
 In late 1926 – divorce
 On 3 December 1926 – her husband left home
 That same evening – missing Agatha
 Unknown 10 days
 Second marriage, in 1930 - archaeologist Max
Mallowan

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 the best-selling novelist of all time
 the world's longest-running play
 an English crime novelist, short story writer, and
playwright
 best known for the 66 detective novels and 14 short
story collection

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collection

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 In the First World War – as a nurse (treat wounded
soldiers)
 Later - a pharmacy
 Her jobs influenced crime stories.
 Christie's interest in archaeology
 ---Christie's works feature archaeological themes,
artifacts, and archaeologists prominently.

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 “An archaeologist is
the best husband a
woman can have.
The older she gets,
the more interested

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 Agatha Christie’s novels are whodunits.
 detective comes across a murder scene by chance
 He or she gives the reader clues and examines the crime
scene .
 Finally -- Until the real murderer is revealed, the
detective gets all the suspects together and gives away
information that not everyone knows.
Plots of Christie
Novels

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.
In her works Agatha Christie
created two great characters.

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 and Miss
Marple
Hercule Poirot

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Poirot

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 He appeared in 33 of Agatha Christie’s novels.
 best known for his moustache
 He thinks logically and likes order.
 Every crime can be solved.
 As time went on Agatha Christie wanted to get rid
of him.
 ---- he is popular among her readers. So, When he
died in “Curtain” in 1978 he became the only
fictional character to get an obituary in the New
York Times.
Hercule Poirot

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Agatha Christie’s other well-known
character was Miss Marple.

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 an amateur detective
 She became famous for solving cases where the
police failed.
 a fictional character appearing in 12 of Agatha
Christie's crime novels and in 20 short stories
 Her first appearance -- in 1926, The Tuesday Night
Club

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 Novels featuring Miss Marple
 1. The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
 2. The Body in the Library (1942)
 3. The Moving Finger (1943)
 4. A Murder is Announced (1950)
 5. They Do It with Mirrors, or Murder with Mirrors (1952)
 6. A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
 7. 4.50 from Paddington, or What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
(1957)
 8. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, or The Mirror
Crack'd (1962)
 9. A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
 10. At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
 11. Nemesis (1971)
 12. Sleeping Murder (written around 1940, published 1976)

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Books about Miss Marple
Life and Times of Miss
Jane Marple – a
biography by Anne Hart

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Miss Marple Short Story
Collections

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 The Tuesday Night Club" (short story) featured Miss Marple
for the first time ever. Written in 1926.
 The Thirteen Problems (short story collection featuring Miss
Marple, also published as The Tuesday Club Murders) (1932)
 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (written
between 1939 and 1954, published 1979)
 Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories, published 1985,
includes 20 from 4 sets: The Tuesday Club Murders, The
Regatta Mystery, Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, and
Double Sin and Other Stories.

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 Miss Marple also appears in Greenshaw's Folly, a
short story traditionally included as part of the
Poirot collection The Adventure of the Christmas
Pudding (1960).
 The Autograph edition of Miss Marple's Final Cases
includes the 8 in the original plus Greenshaw's Folly.

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List of famous
books
 1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
 1928 The Mystery of the Blue Train
 1930 Murder at the Vicarage
 1932 The Thirteen Problems
 1933 The Witness for the Prosecution
 1934 Murder on the Orient Express
 1937 Death on the Nile

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 1938 Appointment with Death
 1939 And Then There Were None
 1941 Evil Under the Sun
 1946 The Hollow
 1950 A Murder is Announced
 1953 After the Funeral
 1956 Dead Man’s Folly
 1957 4.50 from Paddington
 1964 A Caribbean Mystery
 1975 Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case

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 A typical village murder mystery.
1. The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd (1926)

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 a party where fireworks camouflage the shot
 Which of the other guests is a murderer?
2. Peril at End House
(1932)

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 Mr. Ratchett is found stabbed in his compartment
and untrodden snow shows that the killer is still on
board.
 “The impossible could not have happened,
therefore the impossible must be possible
in spite of appearances.” ― Agatha Christie,
Murder on the Orient Express
3. Murder on the Orient
Express (1934)

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Poirot is unable to prevent the murders of
Alice Ascher, Betty Barnard and Carmichael
Clarke.
One of the earliest examples of the
"serial killer" novel
4. The ABC Murders
(1935)

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Although they all harbour a secret, they
remain unsuspecting until they begin to die,
one by one, until eventually … there are
none.
A perfect combination of thriller and
detective story
5. And Then There Were
None (1939)

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 Sixteen years ago, Caroline Crale died in prison
 Her daughter asks Poirot to investigate a possible
miscarriage of justice
6. Five Little Pigs (1943)

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 The Leonides family all live together
 But which of them poisoned the patriarch, Aristides?
7. Crooked House (1949)

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 In the village of Chipping Cleghorn, a murder is
announced in the local paper's small ads.
 This was Christie's 50th title and remains Miss
Marple's finest hour.
8. A Murder is
Announced (1950)

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 Working-class Michael Rogers tells the story of his
meeting and marrying Ellie.
 The best novel from her last 20 years.
9. Endless Night (1967)

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 An old and frail Poirot returns to the scene of his first
case.
 It was actually published in October 1975 (Christie
died in January 1976) and Poirot received a front-
page obituary in the New York Times.
10. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (1975, but
written during the second world war)