With over 4 billion copies of her novels sold, written in at least 56 different languages, only the Bible is known to have outsold Agatha Christie. With her series of 80 complex, plot-driven whodunits, Agatha Christie created a name for herself in the world of authors. Her many accomplishments include creating the only fictional character, Hercule Poirot, who had an obituary in the New York Times and having the longest running play in the world, The Mousetrap, with over 23,000 performances. She has been named the best-selling book writer of all time and the best-selling writer of any kind by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on September 15, 1890 to Clarissa Margaret Boehmer and Frederick Alvah Miller. She had two older siblings, a sister, Margaret, and a brother, Louis. She received no formal education before attending finishing school in Paris, instead, her mother and governesses home-schooled her about how to read. During World War I, Agatha worked as a nurse at a hospital, and rather enjoyed it. She said that it is "one of the most rewarding professions that anyone can follow." She then continued to work at a pharmacy at a hospital.
Christmas Eve, 1914, Agatha married Archibald Christie, a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. They had one daughter, Rosalind Hicks, in 1919 and in 1920, Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affairs at Styles, was published. In late 1926, Archie admitted that he was in love with another woman and wanted a divorce. December 8th, Archie left to spend the weekend with his mistress, Nancy Neele. That same night, Agatha left their home, leaving a letter for her secretary that said she would be in Yorkshire. Her disappearance from the public eye caused ...
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... and non-Europeans. In her short story The Soul of the Croupier, she described "Hebraic men with hook-noses wearing rather flamboyant jewelry"; in later editions it was edited to describe "sallow men" rather than Hebraic. Raymond Chandler criticized Christie in his essay, The Simple Art of Murder and Edmund Wilson was dismissive of her in his article entitled Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?.
From 1971 to 1975 Christie’s health began to worsen but she didn’t let it stop he from writing. She died from natural causes on January 12 1976. It is believed by Canadian scientists that she suffered from either Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Though she passed away, her achievements have lived on through the success of her books, plays and poems. Her many works made her one of the most significant and innovative writers in the development of the mystery genre.
At the young age of 18, Margarete responded to a personal advertisement of 38 year old Rudolph MacLeod, a Dutch officer seeking a prospective wife. The two met and despite the many differences between them, were quickly married in July 1895. On January 30, 1897, Margarete gave birth to their first child, Norman John. Her daughter, Jeanne Louise was born on May 2, 1898. Theirs was not a grandiose marriage. Norman John died in 1899 after falling very ill. There was controversy over his death and most think he was poisoned.
She was born September14, 1879 in Coruing, New York, she was the sixth of eleven children who survived her mother 18 pregnancies in 22 years. Her mother died at 49 years old and Margaret spent most of her younger
An American pragmatist and feminist, Hull-House founder Jane Addams (1860-1935) came of age in time of increasing tensions and division between segments of the American society, a division that was reflected in debates about educational reform. In the midst of this diversity, Addams saw the profoundly interdependent nature of all social and political interaction, and she aligned her efforts to support, emphasize and increase this interdependence. Education was one of the ways she relied on to overcome class disparity, as well as to increase interaction between classes. Her theories about the interdependent nature of living in a democracy provided a backdrop for her educational theory. Education, she thought, needed to produce people who were capable of living together and learning from each other (Addams 12-36). Jane Addams, a pragmatist and a utilitarian, spent her life educating others about social reform/care ethics and defending the rights of women in society.
She wrote mostly horror stories, based on many different things; her family life, abnormal witchcraft, and phycology. But, most of her books were about people who loved being in their home and who feared the outside work, this relates to her experiences, her feelings about leaving home, and her phobia. No matter what she based each of her stories on, the way she wrote with such a great word choice, and economy of style it began to form a picture that would eventually create an amazing story. She published her first novel in 1948, The road through the wall. Also, in 1948 she published a short story, The Lottery. This cause many people to question the deeper meaning of the stories and it eventually became one of the most significant stories during this time. She began to write many, many more novels and stories throughout her writing
died May 31st 1910. As a girl she moved to the United States with her family where she worked
Beauty, Black hair, Gone. Mary Rogers was a beautiful woman who lived in a New York tobacco shop. Rogers brought attention from many famous literary figures to the shop. Unfortunately the beautiful young woman was found dead in the Hudson River in 1841. Although there are many theories behind Mary Rogers’ vanishing and death, the two main theories are that she died during an illegal abortion or she died from a murder suicide.
The Enduring Appeal of Agatha Christie is a very well written essay with a very clear essay structure. This is effective essay because it follows the writing of this well written essay such as the Introduction, the 3 body paragraph and the conclusion. When reading the essay what really pulled my attention was the introduction because it started with the question “Who does not enjoy a good mystery?”. That was great way to catch reader’s attention. Also, the introduction is very detailed and lists the different authors which also can grab reader’s attention. The thesis is very written. But, some parts of the introduction had uncoordinated sentences such as; “On the beach, on the subway, people tend into the worlds of these authors”. I felt like
1904 in St. Louis Missouri. Her parents were Eliza and Thomas O’Flaherty. She was the third
Taking into account all of her published works, Agatha Christie’s books have only been outsold by William Shakespeare and the Bible. However, the 1930s was her most successful decade. During this time, she wrote fourteen Hercule Poirot novels, two Miss Marple novels, six additional mystery books, two story collections, two plays, and a novel under the pen name Mary Westmacott. Over the course of her life, she wrote sixty-six crime novels, one hundred fifty-four short stories, thirteen plays, and six romance novels.
“You are charged with the following indictments… Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence?” (Christie 47). Agatha Christie is known as the Queen of Mystery and one of the Best-Selling Novelists of all time. One of her publications, And Then There Were None, was the world’s best-selling mystery novel after it’s release. This book was published in 1939 and takes place on Soldier Island off the coast of Devon, England. Ten strangers were deceived into staying on this island for a week by an unknown killer. The ten guests were murdered one by one, until there is no one left. During their stay, each guest was accused of murder, trapped on the island, and faced with the guilt from their past. The setting Agatha Christie created
The title of this book is The Secret Adversary, and is written by Agatha Christie. The action in this novel takes place shortly after world war one in London. The story begins with the sinking of the Lusitania ship on May 7th 1915, but then fast forwards to 1919, so it covers about four years. The title is very significant because no one knew the true identity of the adversary, making it a secret.
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in Hampshire County, England. Her father, George Austen, was a reverend in the small village of Steventon. Her mother, Cassandra Leigh Austen, despite having been born into a higher social class, chose to stay home to raise their eight children. Austen, affectionately known as Jenny by her family, and her sister Cassandra were “…too close emotionally to be separated for schooling, despite their difference in age…” (Kelly 2), so the girls received most of their education at home by teaching themselves. The Austen family enjoyed putting on plays and reading, and one person would often read aloud while the other family members completed household tasks. Not surprisingly, Austen quickly took to writing and amused her family with short stories throughout her adolescence.
English author to Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion, was Jane Austen who was born on December 6th, 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, England. Jane was the seventh child out of eight children of the Rev George Austen, a clergyman of the England Church, and Cassandra Austen. Austen was educated at home, but obtained a broader education then many women at her time, and never dwelled apart from her family. Jane lived quite a remarkably quiet and domestic childhood amid her brothers and other boys whom her father tutored. Her writing took effect early in her childhood when the children would perform plays and charades or even write. Jane’s’ interest in reading started right in her fathers library, which provided textile to the sketches she would write as a little girl. It is said the she even authored her first novel, Love and Friendship, at age 14. Austen also educated herself by doing a lot of reading both deep and well-known writings.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Christy (September 15, 1890 - January 12, 1976), was a British crime fiction writer.
Virginia Woolf, who was born on January 25, 1882 and died on March 28, 1941, was a well known English novelist, essayist, biographer, and feminist. She was a voluminous writer, who composed in a modernist style that always was altered with every novel she wrote. Her letters and memories exposed glimpses of Woolf during the Bloomsbury era. Woolf was included in society, as T.S. Eliot describes in his obituary for Virginia. “Without Virginia Woolf at the center of it, it would have remained formless or marginal…. With the death of Virginia Woolf, a whole pattern of culture is broken.”