Agatha Christie Final
Agatha Christie Final
Agatha Christie Final
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (15 September 1890 12 January 1976) was an
English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She also wrote six
romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best known for the 66
detective novels and 14 short story collections she wrote under her own name, most
of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Jane
Marple, Parker Pyne, Harley Quin/Mr Satterthwaite, and Tommy and Tuppence
Beresford.
The Guinness Book of World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all
time.
First novels
Christie had long been a fan of detective novels, having enjoyed Wilkie Collins' The
Woman in White and The Moonstone as well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's early
Sherlock Holmes stories. She wrote her own detective novel The Mysterious Affair at
Styles featuring Hercule Poirot; portrayed as a former Belgian police officer noted for
his twirly large "magnificent moustaches" and egg-shaped head, who took refuge in
Britain after Germany had invaded Belgium. Christie's inspiration for this stemmed
from real Belgian refugees who were living in Torquay.
In a plot twist worthy of her own novels, Christie disappeared for 11 days in
1926.Her mother had recently died, and on top of that, her husband was cheating
on her quite blatantly. On December 3, 1926, Agatha kissed her daughter goodnight,
then promptly got in her car and left. Lakes were dredged, 15,000 volunteers
combed the area, and Archie Christies phone was tapped. Those who thought
Archie was guilty of foul play were surprised when Agatha was located safe and
sound a week and a half later, holed up at a hotel and spa in Harrogate, England
but the mystery wasnt over. She never said why she disappeared, leading to wild
speculation. Did she have amnesia resulting from a car crash? Was it a publicity
stunt for her next book? Was she trying to frame her philandering husband for
murder? Its worth noting, though, that Christie checked into the hotel under the
surname Neelethe last name of her husbands lover.
knowledge of medicines
"'We're not going to leave the island... None of us will ever leave... It's the end, you
see - the end of everything...'"
"'Why make me say it? When it's on the tip of your own tongue. Anthony Marston
was murdered, of course.'"
original and relatable characters
baffling mysteries
foreshadowing
reversal
mystery
dilemma
"'He's nearer the day of judgement than I am!' But there as it happens, he was
wrong...'"
"'It is perfectly clear. Mr. Owen is one of us...'"
short scenes
shifts viewpoints
Opinions
Bibliography
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