Agatha Christie was an English writer known for her detective novels and short stories. Some of her most famous works include Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and And Then There Were None. She created two iconic sleuths - the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and elderly spinster Miss Marple. Poirot appeared in 33 novels while Miss Marple featured in 12 novels and 20 short stories between them. Christie is considered the best-selling novelist of all time with over 2 billion copies of her work sold.

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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)