Download or read book Agatha Christie s Marple Expert on Wickedness written by Mark Aldridge and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple.
Download or read book Agatha Christie s Marple written by Mark Aldridge and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple. In Agatha Christie's Marple: Expert on Wickedness, 'Agathologist' Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead's most famous resident and uses his own detective skills to uncover new information about Miss Jane Marple's appearances on page, stage, screen and beyond. Drawing on a range of material, some of which is newly discovered and previously unpublished, this book explores everything about Miss Marple, from her origins in a series of short stories penned by Christie, to the recent bestselling HarperCollins collection Marple: Twelve New Stories. This accessible, entertaining and illustrated guide to the world of Miss Marple pieces together the evidence in order to tell you everything you need to know about the world's favourite female detective.
Download or read book Agatha Christie on Screen written by Mark Aldridge and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive exploration of 90 years of film and television adaptations of the world’s best-selling novelist’s work. Drawing on extensive archival material, it offers new information regarding both the well-known and forgotten screen adaptations of Agatha Christie’s stories, including unmade and rare adaptations, some of which have been unseen for more than half a century. This history offers intriguing insights into the discussions and debates that surrounded many of these screen projects – something that is brought to life through previously unpublished correspondence from Christie herself and a new wide-ranging interview with her grandson, Mathew Prichard. Agatha Christie on Screen takes the reader on a journey from little known silent film adaptations, through to famous screen productions including 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express, as well as the television series of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories and, most recently, the BBC’s acclaimed version of And Then There Were None.
Download or read book Agatha Christie written by Agatha Christie and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 4 50 from Paddington written by Agatha Christie and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Pub. This book was released on 2007 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a jaunt to visit her friend Miss Marple, Elspeth McGillicuddy sees a man strangling a woman on a passing train. The police dismiss her observation as imagination, but Miss Marple knows better and decides to search for the corpse on her own.
Download or read book The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie written by Mary Anna Evans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical / Biography The first specifically academic companion to contemporary scholarship on the work of Agatha Christie, this book includes chapters by an international group of scholars writing on topics and fields of study as various as ecocriticism and the anthropocene, popular modernism, middlebrow fiction, queer theory, feminism, crime and the state, and more. It addresses a broad selection of Christie's crime novels, as well as her short stories, literary novels written pseudonymously, and her own and others' dramatic adaptations for television, film, and the stage. Featuring unprecedented access to images and content held in Christie's personal archive, as well as a Foreword from renowned crime fiction writer Val McDermid, this is essential reading for anyone interested in Christie's work and legacy.
Download or read book The Mystery of Holly Lane written by Enid Blyton and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Enid Blyton's 'The Mystery of Holly Lane', readers are whisked away to another captivating adventure, replete with the clever exploits and camaraderie of the Five Find-Outers and their dog. Known for her adeptness at creating engaging narratives for a juvenile audience, Blyton combines a clear and vivid literary style with elements of suspense and amusement. The Mystery of Holly Lane is no exception, as it unravels a compelling story of mystery that both challenges and entertains its youthful readers, reflecting the ethos and charm of British children's literature in the mid-20th century. Enid Blyton, a stalwart of children's literature, penned a myriad of novels that captivated generations of young readers. Her expertise in crafting endearing characters and intricate plotlines is evident in this particular novel. Blyton's extensive experience as a teacher may very well have informed her understanding of young minds, an understanding that undoubtedly contributed to the universal appeal of her stories. With her intuitive knowledge of what thrills a child's imagination, Blyton creates in The Mystery of Holly Lane a world that is both enchanting and relatable to her audience. 'The Mystery of Holly Lane' comes highly recommended for young readers who delight in unraveling puzzles and those who cherish the nostalgic charm of classic detective tales. Blyton's masterful writing ensures a journey that is as intellectually satisfying as it is gleefully diverting. This carefully reproduced edition by DigiCat Publishing is not only an homage to Blyton's legacy but also an invitation to a new generation to discover the joy and wonder encased within this timeless classic.
Download or read book Hercule Poirot s Casebook written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time in one volume, is the complete collection of fifty stories about Hercule Poirot.
Download or read book Agatha Christie s Miss Marple the Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple written by Anne Hart and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive companion to the MISS MARPLE novels, short stories, films and TV appearances, now revised and updated.
Download or read book Agatha Christie s Secret Notebooks written by John Curran and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-13 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's seventy-three private notebooks, including illustrations and two unpublished Poirot stories When Agatha Christie died in 1976, at age eighty-five, she had become the world's most popular author. With sales of more than two billion copies worldwide, in more than one hundred countries, she had achieved the impossible—more than one book every year since the 1920s, every one a bestseller. So prolific was Agatha Christie's output—sixty-six crime novels, twenty plays, six romance novels under a pseudonym and more than one hundred and fifty short stories—it was often claimed that she had a photographic memory. Was this true? Or did she resort over those fifty-five years to more mundane methods of working out her ingenious crimes? Following the death of Agatha's daughter, Rosalind, at the end of 2004, a remarkable legacy was revealed. Unearthed among her affairs at the family home of Greenway were Agatha Christie's private notebooks, seventy-three handwritten volumes of notes, lists and drafts outlining all her plans for her many books, plays and stories. Buried in this treasure trove, all in her unmistakable handwriting, are revelations about her famous books that will fascinate anyone who has ever read or watched an Agatha Christie story. How did the infamous twist in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd really come about? Which very famous Poirot novel started life as an adventure for Miss Marple? Which books were designed to have completely differ-ent endings, and what were they? What were the plot ideas that she considered but rejected? Full of details she was too modest to reveal in her own autobiography, this remarkable new book includes a wealth of excerpts and pages reproduced directly from the notebooks and her letters, plus, for the first time, two newly discovered complete Hercule Poirot short stories never before published.
Download or read book Agatha Christie s Miss Marple written by Anne Hart and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crimes tackled by Miss Marple include 16 murders, four attempted murders, and assorted robberies, embezzlements, blackmailings and poachings. This biography combs through the 12 novels and 20 short stories in which Miss Marple appeared in order to reveal her true identity.
Download or read book Agatha Christie written by Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating and published by Henry Holt. This book was released on 1977 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.R.F. Keating, Michael Gilbert, Dorothy B. Hughes, Julian Symons and other writers discuss the life and work of Agatha Christie.
Download or read book The Book of Lost and Found written by Lucy Foley and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From London to Corsica to Paris — as a young woman pursues the truth about her late mother, two captivating love stories unfurl in this captivating novel from the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Paris Apartment and The Guest List. Kate Darling's enigmatic mother — a once-famous ballerina — has passed away, leaving Kate bereft. When her grandmother falls ill and bequeaths to Kate a small portrait of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Kate's mother, Kate uncovers a mystery that may upend everything she thought she knew. Kate's journey to find the true identity of the woman in the portrait takes her to some of the world's most iconic and indulgent locales, revealing a love story that began in the wild 1920s and was disrupted by war and could now spark new love for Kate. Alternating between Kate's present-day hunt and voices from the past, The Book of Lost and Found casts light on family secrets and love — both lost and found.
Download or read book Bodies from the Library 4 written by Ngaio Marsh and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short novel by Christianna Brand.
Download or read book The Second Gong written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lytcham Close, one of the oldest stately homes in England, is owned by the last remaining heir and ruled by his intolerable whims. Old Hubert demands complete silence when he plays music and times dinner exactly by a resounding gong. Rushing down at the sound of the second—or is it the first?—gong, Joan Ashby is about to find out that not only is dinner delayed, but something is going on that no one can explain. Everyone is thrown into disarray when Old Hubert never materializes and instead a new guest is announced: Hercule Poirot himself. What unfolds is a mystery of lovers, and a death that is not as it appears.
Download or read book Murder She Said written by Agatha Christie and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes an essay by Agatha Christie "Does a woman's instinct make her a good detective?"
Download or read book The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie written by Charles Osborne and published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. This book was released on 1990 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Back Cover: A Shy and retiring woman who began to write "in order to avoid having to talk to people," Agatha Christies produced her first detective novel at age twenty-six on a dare from her sister. She went on to author seventy-eight crime novels and short-story collections that have sold over two billion copies in more than 100 languages, making her the bestselling author of all time (Shakespeare is second). Published in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of her birth, The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie is a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the lifework of this remarkable woman and an in-depth portrait of the world in which she lived. In this insightful biography, acclaimed author Charles Osborne examines not only Christie's numerous murder mysteries and crime thrillers but also her plays, poetry, nonfiction, stories for children, the films based on her works, and the six semiautobiographical "romantic" novels that she wrote under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Osborne also explores the creation of Christie's much loved sleuths-the egotistical and eccentric Hercule Poirot and the shrewd spinster Miss Jane Marple. From classics of detection like Murder on the Orient Express, Ten Little Indians, and her record-breaking play The Mousetrap to her mysterious 1926 "disappearance" and her life in the Middle East as an assistant to her archaeologist husband, this fascinating and authoritative biography reveals the life and work of the woman who ushered in the golden age of crime fiction and who remains the world's most popular mystery writer.
