Agatha Christie
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Guide Note
The "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie was a prolific English writer of novels, short stories and plays. Best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays, Christie also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott. Her mysteries, particularly those featuring her famous characters Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple made her one of the most important writers of the genre. Christie has been called the best-selling writer of books of all time, with only the Bible to have outsold her collected sales of roughly four billion.
Fast Facts
- Born: September 15, 1890
- Full name: Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
- Trained singer and pianist
- Named best-selling mystery novelist of all time
- No formal education
- Worth an estimated £10m when she died January 12, 1976
Quotes
- "I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest."
- "It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story."
- "An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her."
- "But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price."
- "Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions."
The Mahalo Top 7
- Offical Site: Agatha Christie
- Wikipedia: Agatha Christie
- Wikiquote: Agatha Christie Quotes
- Project Gutenberg: Agatha Christie Online Texts
- The Literature Network: Agatha Christie Biography and Online Texts
- Amazon.com: Agatha Christie Books
- Fan Site: Agatha Christie
Free Agatha Christie Works Online
- Wikisource: Agatha Christie Online Texts
- Project Gutenberg: Agatha Christie Online Texts
- The Literature Network: Agatha Christie Biography and Online Texts
- Emotional Intelligence Courses: The Secret Adversary | The Mysterious Affair at Styles Online Texts
Agatha Christie News and Articles
- Google News: Agatha Christie
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- Courier Press: "Lost Agatha Christie Play Destined for Owensboro" (2007)
- BBC: The Mystery of Agatha Christie (2005)
- Times Online: Agatha Christie's grey cells mystery (2005)
- Johann Hari: Agatha Christie - radical conservative thinker (2003)
Agatha Christie Background and Profiles
- Official Site: About Christie: Queen of Crime
- Books and Writers: Agatha Christie Biography
- Bella Online: Agatha Christie Profile
- The Christie Mystery: Agatha Christie Biography
Agatha Christie Study Guides and Literary Criticism
- Official Site: Agatha Christie Reading Guides
- eNotes: Agatha Christie Study Guide Search
- Web English Teacher: Agatha Christie Lesson Plans and Study Guides
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- eNotes: Agatha Christie Literary Criticism
Agatha Christie Books and Merchandise
- Amazon: Agatha Christie Books | DVDs
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- eBooks: Agatha Christie Search
Agatha Christie Photos
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- TopMystery.com: Agatha Christie Pictures
Agatha Christie Videos
- Yahoo! Video: Agatha Christie Search
- YouTube & Google Video: Agatha Christie Search
- YouTube: Murder on the Orient Express Game Clip (Time: 01:44)
- YouTube: Monty Python Agatha Christie Sketch (Time: 05:52)
- YouTube: Miss Marple Clip (Time: 02:42)
- YouTube: And Then There Were None Film Clip (Time: 09:45)
Agatha Christie Message Boards, Blogs, Fan Sites
- Official Blog: Agatha Christie Blog
- Google Blog Search: Agatha Christie
- Blog: All About Agatha Christie
- Agatha Christie Games: Free Agatha Christie Game Downloads
- Yahoo! Groups: Agatha Christie - Queen of Crime
- Yahoo! Groups: Agatha Agape
Agatha Christie Personal Timeline
- September 15 1890: Born Torquay, Devon, England
- 1914: Marries Archibald Christie
- 1919: Daughter Rosalind born
- 1928: Divorces
- 1952: The Mousetrap opens in London (is still running today)
- 1971: Made Dame Commander Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II
- 1976: Dies
Agatha Christie Publications Timeline
- 1920: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- 1922: The Secret Adversary
- 1923: Murder on the Links
- 1934: Murder on the Orient Express
- 1935: The ABC Murders
- 1937: Death on the Nile
- 1939: Ten Little Indians
- 1940: Sad Cypress
- 1971: Nemesis
- 1972: Elephants Can Remember
- 1974: Postern of Fate
- 1975: Curtain
- 1976: Sleeping Murder
Agatha Christie Notable Adaptations
- The majority of links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- IMDb: Agatha Christie Complete Filmography
- 1945: Ten Little Indians
- 1965: The ABC Murders
- 1974: Murder on The Orient Express
- 1997: The Pale Horse
- 1978: Death on the Nile
- 1989-2008: Poirot
- 2003: Sparkling Cyanide
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