Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

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Who is the world's most translated author?". thewordpoint.com. 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020 . Retrieved 10 June 2020. In 2013, the Christie family supported the release of a new Poirot story, The Monogram Murders, written by British author Sophie Hannah. [116] Hannah later published three more Poirot mysteries, Closed Casket in 2016, The Mystery of Three Quarters in 2018., [117] [118] and The Killings at Kingfisher Hill in 2020. 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.")

Many of Christie's works from 1940 onward have titles drawn from literature, with the original context of the title typically printed as an epigraph. [148] Vaughan, Susan (25 January 2018). "Dame Agatha and Her Orient Express". Maine Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018 . Retrieved 20 March 2019.Thompson, Laura (2008), Agatha Christie: An English Mystery, London: Headline Review, p. 277, 301. ISBN 978-0-7553-1488-1 BBC One plans lots more Agatha Christie". BBC News. 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021 . Retrieved 24 June 2020. a b c d e Gerald, Michael C. (1993). The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-76535-5. Christie's works have been adapted for cinema and television. The first was the 1928 British film The Passing of Mr. Quin. Poirot's first film appearance was in 1931 in Alibi, which starred Austin Trevor as Christie's sleuth. [186] :14–18 Margaret Rutherford played Marple in a series of films released in the 1960s. Christie liked her acting, but considered the first film "pretty poor" and thought no better of the rest. [14] :430–31

Edmund Wilson on Crime Fiction". The Crazy Oik. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017 . Retrieved 23 June 2020. When they returned to England, Archie resumed work in the city, and Christie continued to work hard at her writing. After living in a series of apartments in London, they bought a house in Sunningdale, Berkshire, which they renamed Styles after the mansion in Christie's first detective novel. [4] :124–25 [14] :154–55 Of course, this wouldn’t be Agatha Christie’s story if she didn’t share her writing life with us as well. I found it very interesting that she didn’t really consider writing to be her career so much as a bit of a hobby that happened to pay the bills. She was not an instant overnight success. The publishing world was one she eventually learned to conquer after having floundered on several occasions. I liked what she said about her two most iconic literary characters: About Agatha Christie Limited". The Home of Agatha Christie. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021 . Retrieved 18 April 2020. Christie included stereotyped descriptions of characters in her work, especially before 1945 (when such attitudes were more commonly expressed publicly), particularly in regard to Italians, Jews, and non-Europeans. [4] :264–66 For example, she described "men of Hebraic extraction, sallow men with hooked noses, wearing rather flamboyant jewellery" in the short story "The Soul of the Croupier" from the collection The Mysterious Mr Quin. In 1947, the Anti-Defamation League in the US sent an official letter of complaint to Christie's American publishers, Dodd, Mead and Company, regarding perceived antisemitism in her works. Christie's British literary agent later wrote to her US representative, authorising American publishers to "omit the word 'Jew' when it refers to an unpleasant character in future books." [14] :386Christie 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] BBC Radio 4 Extra – Miss Marple – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021 . Retrieved 5 May 2020. James, P.D. (2009). Talking About Detective Fiction. Random House. ISBN 978-0-307-39882-6. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016 . Retrieved 4 April 2016. BAFTA Awards Database". BAFTA.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013 . Retrieved 10 April 2020. I think, myself, that one’s memories represent those moments which, insignificant as they may seem, nevertheless represent the inner self and oneself as most really oneself."