Young Agatha Christie

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Chandler, Raymond (1950). "The Simple Art of Murder: An Essay". The Simple Art of Murder. Houghton Mifflin Company. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020 . Retrieved 4 May 2020. In addition to Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Christie also created amateur detectives Thomas (Tommy) Beresford and his wife, Prudence "Tuppence" née Cowley, who appear in four novels and one collection of short stories published between 1922 and 1974. Unlike her other sleuths, the Beresfords were only in their early twenties when introduced in The Secret Adversary, and were allowed to age alongside their creator. [30] :19–20 She treated their stories with a lighter touch, giving them a "dash and verve" which was not universally admired by critics. [31] :63 Their last adventure, Postern of Fate, was Christie's last novel. [14] :477 Wilson, Edmund (14 October 1944). "Why Do People Read Detective Stories?". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020 . Retrieved 4 May 2020. The notice placed by Christie in The Times (11 December 1926, p.1) gives the first name as Teresa, but her hotel register signature more naturally reads Tressa; newspapers reported that Christie used Tressa on other occasions during her disappearance (including joining a library). [45] Christie and Mallowan first lived in Cresswell Place in Chelsea, and later in Sheffield Terrace, Holland Park, Kensington. Both properties are now marked by blue plaques. In 1934, they bought Winterbrook House in Winterbrook, a hamlet near Wallingford. [61] This was their main residence for the rest of their lives and the place where Christie did much of her writing. [14] :365 This house also bears a blue plaque. Christie led a quiet life despite being known in Wallingford; from 1951 to 1976 she served as president of the local amateur dramatic society. [62]

At Harrogate,” she said, “I read every day about Mrs Christie’s disappearance … I regarded her as having acted stupidly.” A fellow guest remembered her saying that “Mrs Christie is a very elusive person. I cannot be bothered with her.” Also, according to this witness, Christie was beginning to show signs of mental distress. She “would press her hand to her forehead and say: ‘It is my head. I cannot remember.’” Brantley, Ben (26 January 2012). "London Theater Journal: Comfortably Mousetrapped". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019 . Retrieved 26 January 2012.In 2015, marking the 125th anniversary of her birth date, 25 contemporary mystery writers and one publisher gave their views on Christie's works. Many of the authors had read Christie's novels first, before other mystery writers, in English or in their native language, influencing their own writing, and nearly all still viewed her as the "Queen of Crime" and creator of the plot twists used by mystery authors. Nearly all had one or more favourites among Christie's mysteries and found her books still good to read nearly 100 years after her first novel was published. Just one of the 25 authors held with Wilson's views. [163] Book sales [ edit ] The author herself had had enough of reading the papers. At the Hydro, on the Sunday morning, no newspaper was taken up to the bedroom.

Royal Mail issues Special Stamps to celebrate Agatha Christie". The Home of Agatha Christie. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021 . Retrieved 4 May 2020. And then, in the railway carriage, there’s the watchful presence of Christie herself, unnoticed. Yes, she was easy to overlook, as is the case with nearly any woman past middle age. But she deliberately played on the fact that she seemed so ordinary. It was a public image she carefully crafted to conceal her real self. Hopkins, Lisa (2016). "Who Owns the Wood? Appropriating A Midsummer Night's Dream". In Hopkins, L. (ed.). Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.63–103. ISBN 978-1137538741.

12. Death Comes at the End

Pendergast, Bruce (2004), Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie, Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford, p.399, ISBN 1-4120-2304-1 Ella Creamer. " Agatha Christie statue takes seat on bench in Oxfordshire town". The Guardian, 11 September 2023.

Christie died peacefully on 12January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at her home at Winterbrook House. [79] [80] Upon her death, two West End theatres–the St. Martin's, where The Mousetrap was playing, and the Savoy, which was home to a revival of Murder at the Vicarage–dimmed their outside lights in her honour. [30] :373 She was buried in the nearby churchyard of St Mary's, Cholsey, in a plot she had chosen with her husband 10 years previously. The simple funeral service was attended by about 20 newspaper and TV reporters, some having travelled from as far away as South America. Thirty wreaths adorned Christie's grave, including one from the cast of her long-running play The Mousetrap and one sent "on behalf of the multitude of grateful readers" by the Ulverscroft Large Print Book Publishers. [81]

Marriage Certificate. Scotland–Statutory Register of Marriages, 685/04 0938, 11 September 1930, District of St Giles, Edinburgh. Axmaker, Sean. "Agatha". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018 . Retrieved 17 June 2017.

Agatha's Greenway". National Trust. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020 . Retrieved 30 April 2020. Devlin, Kate (4 April 2009). "Agatha Christie 'had Alzheimer's disease when she wrote final novels' ". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009 . Retrieved 28 August 2009. Death Certificate. General Register Office for England and Wales, 1901 December Quarter, Brentford, volume 3A, p. 71. ("Cause of Death. Bright's disease, chronic. Pneumonia. Coma and heart failure.") Data for financial year ending 05 April 2018 – The Agatha Christie Trust For Children". Registered Charities in England and Wales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020 . Retrieved 7 November 2019.

3. A War is Announced

Christie never wrote a novel or short story featuring both Poirot and Miss Marple. [30] :375 In a recording discovered and released in 2008, Christie revealed the reason for this: "Hercule Poirot, a complete egoist, would not like being taught his business or having suggestions made to him by an elderly spinster lady. Hercule Poirot–a professional sleuth–would not be at home at all in Miss Marple's world." [112] McClurg, Jocelyn (18 May 2016). "Agatha Christie hits USA Today's list". USA Today. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020 . Retrieved 4 May 2020.