Sunday, November 17, 2013

A famous novelist: Agatha Christie


Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller (or Agatha Cristie ) was born on September the 15th 1890 in Torquay, Devon and she died on January the 12th 1976 at age 85 from natural causes.

She was a famous English crime writer of novels and short stories. She is best remembered for the 66 detective novels and 14 short stories collections she wrote under her own name. Agatha Christie was also famous for her characters: Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence. Agatha is nicknamed « the queen of crime »
Agatha met Archibald Christie (her first husband) at a dance given by Lord and Lady Clifford of Chudleigh but in 1926, Archibald asked for a divorce; he was in love with Nancy Neele.
In 1930, Christie married an archaeologist : Max Mallowan. She frequently used settings which were familiar to her for her stories. And, in 1934 Agatha wrote her famous novel: Murder on the Orient Express, in Istanbul.
In the first World War, she worked in a hospital.
Her characters (Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple) are very famous but they are very different; Hercule Poirot is Belgian and full of himself (pretentious), he is a private detective but Miss Marple is an old woman, she reminds us of Agatha Cristie, but they have an exceptional sense of observation. I really love reading her novels because in her novels there are a lot of suspense, twists (surprise) in the plot.
 
 
 By Romane Tabary 


Can you answer those questions ?:

What's the name of Agatha's second husband ?
What's the cause of her death ?

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