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Agatha christie
- 2. Dame Agatha Mary ClarissaChristie
- 3. I like living.I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite
- 4. Agatha sufferedfrom 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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- 6. Archibald Christiein 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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- 8. the best-sellingnovelist 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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- 11. In theFirst 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.
- 12. “An archaeologistis the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested
- 13. Agatha Christie’snovels 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
- 14. . In her worksAgatha Christie created two great characters.
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- 17. He appearedin 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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- 19. Agatha Christie’s otherwell-known character was Miss Marple.
- 20. an amateurdetective 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
- 21. Novels featuringMiss 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)
- 22. Books about MissMarple Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple – a biography by Anne Hart
- 23. Miss Marple ShortStory Collections
- 24. The TuesdayNight 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.
- 25. Miss Marplealso 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.
- 26. 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
- 27. 1938 Appointmentwith 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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- 29. A typicalvillage murder mystery. 1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
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- 31. a partywhere fireworks camouflage the shot Which of the other guests is a murderer? 2. Peril at End House (1932)
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- 33. Mr. Ratchettis 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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- 35. Poirot is unableto 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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- 37. Although they allharbour 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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- 39. Sixteen yearsago, 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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- 41. The Leonidesfamily all live together But which of them poisoned the patriarch, Aristides? 7. Crooked House (1949)
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- 43. In thevillage 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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- 45. Working-class MichaelRogers 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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- 47. An oldand 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)