Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie by Mark Campbell, published by Oldcastle Books, Limited on August 17, 2022, is a fourth edition that spans 160 pages in English. This book provides an informed and engaging introduction to the Christie phenomenon, examining her extensive body of work, including all her novels and short stories. It is updated to include new material on recent film, TV, and literary adaptations, offering readers a comprehensive overview of Christie’s contributions to the mystery genre.
Readers will find a detailed exploration of Christie’s diverse writing, which includes comic mysteries, atmospheric whodunnits, espionage thrillers, and plays, alongside her well-known characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. The book highlights her ability to break conventions, particularly with the controversial resolution of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in biography and literary criticism, as well as the broader context of mystery and detective literature.
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An informed, engaging and accessible introduction to the Christie phenomenon, examining all her novels and short stories, aupdated to include new material on all recent film, TV and literary adaptations.
Since her debut in 1920 withThe Mysterious Affair At Styles, Agatha Christie has become the chief proponentoftheEnglishvillagemurdermystery.Althoughshecreatedtwoenormouslypopular characters – the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and the inquisitive elderly spinster and amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple of St Mary Mead – it is not generally acknowledged that she wrote in many different genres: comic mysteries (Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?), atmospheric whodunnits (Murder On The Orient Express), espionage thrillers (N or M?), romances (under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott), plays (The Mousetrap) and poetry. She was never afraid to break the rules either, and provoked a storm of controversy with the unorthodox resolution ofThe Murder Of Roger Ackroyd, now acclaimed as one of the classics of British crime fiction.
Christie wrote complex whodunnits in a clear, readable style, which is why her books are as popular now as they were when she first wrote them. Exemplary film and TV adaptations (Kenneth Branagh, John Malkovich, Peter Ustinov and David Suchet as Poirot; Margaret Rutherford and Joan Hickson as Miss Marple), have also encouraged new readers to search out her work.
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