The Murder at the Vicarage (Marple, Book 1)

Publisher : HarperCollins UK
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ISBN : 0007422490
Pages : 304 pages
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Download or read book The Murder at the Vicarage (Marple, Book 1) written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quiet English village A shocking murder An unlikely detective

The Murder at the Vicarage

Publisher : Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers
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ISBN : 9780008262310
Pages : 0 pages
Rating Book: 4.6/5 (262 users)

Download or read book The Murder at the Vicarage written by Agatha Christie and published by Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000 - 26,000 words. Each book includes: - Full reading of the adapted version available for free online- Helpful notes on characters- Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot- A glossary of the more difficult words- Free online resources for students and teachers atwww.collinselt.com/readers The plot: When Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the vicar's study, it seems that almost everyone in the village of St Mary Mead had a motive to kill him.This is the first case for Agatha Christie's legendary female detective, Miss Marple. She needs to use all her powers of observation and deduction to solve the mystery. About Collins ELT Readers Collins ELT Readers are divided into 4 levels: Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2) Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.

Miss Marple 3-Book Collection 1: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, The Moving Finger (Marple)

Publisher : HarperCollins UK
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ISBN : 0007431724
Pages : 760 pages
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Download or read book Miss Marple 3-Book Collection 1: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, The Moving Finger (Marple) written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first three full-length Miss Marple novels, set before and during the Second World War, see the world's most accomplished amateur sleuth unravelling the dark side of human nature to uncover three cases of Murder Most Foul!

Sleeping Murder (Marple, Book 4)

Publisher : HarperCollins UK
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ISBN : 0007422814
Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book Sleeping Murder (Marple, Book 4) written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange house A ghost from the past

Agatha Christie

Publisher : Oldcastle Books
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ISBN : 1843444240
Pages : 160 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (843 users)

Download or read book Agatha Christie written by Mark Campbell and published by Oldcastle Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth, this new edition offers an informed introductin to the chief proponent of the English village murder mystery. Although she created two enormously popular characters - the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and the inquisitive elderly spinster and amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple of St Mary Mead - it is not generally acknowledged that Agatha Christie wrote in many different genres: comic mysteries (Why Didn't They Ask Evans?), atmospheric whodunits (Murder On The Orient Express), espionage thrillers (N or M?), romances (under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott), plays (The Mousetrap) and poetry. This guide examines all of Christie's novels and short stories and lists the various TV and film adaptations of her works.

The Agatha Christie Companion

Publisher : Popular Press
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ISBN : 9780879721381
Pages : 192 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (721 users)

Download or read book The Agatha Christie Companion written by Russell H. Fitzgibbon and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell H. Fitzgibbon presents a short history of Dame Agatha s life, criticism of her works, and a summary of how critics and reviewers view her work. Includes a bibliography of all the works of Christie published in either Great Britain or the United States, classified according to the detectives involved; an alphabetical list of Christie detective and mystery book and short-story titles; a short-story finder for Christie collections; and an index of all but the least important of the thousands of characters introduced by the author in the detective and mystery short stories and novels. "

Sequels

Publisher : American Library Association
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ISBN : 0838909671
Pages : 793 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (838 users)

Download or read book Sequels written by Janet G. Husband and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

Adapting Detective Fiction

Publisher : A&C Black
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ISBN : 1847063071
Pages : 210 pages
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Download or read book Adapting Detective Fiction written by Neil McCaw and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >

They Do It With Mirrors (Marple, Book 6)

Publisher : HarperCollins UK
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ISBN : 0007422857
Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book They Do It With Mirrors (Marple, Book 6) written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking crime A mansion filled with suspects

Sleuthing Miss Marple

Publisher : Liverpool University Press
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ISBN : 1800854455
Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book Sleuthing Miss Marple written by Desirée Prideaux and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sleuthing Miss Marple mirrors the structure and playful analytic style of a detective novel. Beginning at the ‘scene of the crime’, this investigation places Agatha Christie and the clue-puzzle in historical context, casting light on the methods, the motives, and, in a sense, the alibis that underpin Christie’s crime fiction. In keeping with the clue-puzzle analytical method devised for this book, each chapter builds towards a conclusion that delivers a surprising intellectual payoff. This enquiry is unapologetically textual in approach. It constructs a rigorous evidence base drawn from the Marple short stories and novels, and presents a useful interpretation of crime fiction scholarship. This provides a foundation for original literary analyses that reveal Christie’s engagements with gender roles and genre rules, and the sleights of hand that they conceal. Christie’s modus operandi is uncovered, as are the narrative strategies and literary devices that she deployed to ambush unwary readers. Crucially, this investigation shows how Christie’s ingenious methods made it possible for an elderly spinster to get away with solving murder. Sleuthing Miss Marple will be invaluable for students and researchers of crime fiction, twentieth-century literature, and creative writing.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
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Pages : 283 pages
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Download or read book The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie written by Agatha Christie and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥ Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was the result of a dare from her sister Madge who challenged her to write a story. The story begins when Hastings is sent back to England from the First World War due to injury and is invited to spend his sick leave at the beautiful Styles Court by his old friend John Cavendish. Here, Hastings meets John’s stepmother, Mrs. Inglethorp, and her new husband, Alfred. Despite the tranquil surroundings Hastings begins to realize that all is not right. When Mrs. Inglethorp is found poisoned, suspicion falls on the family, and another old friend, Hercule Poirot, is invited to investigate. ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥ Agatha Christie’s first-ever murder mystery. With impeccable timing, Hercule Poirot, the renowned Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance onto the English crime stage. ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥ Recently, there had been some strange goings-on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, the constant companion to old Mrs. Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about ‘a lot of sharks’. And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil. ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥ A shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, a bed of begonias... all Poirot required to display his now legendary powers of detection. ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥

Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2018)

Publisher : McFarland
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ISBN : 1476633835
Pages : pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (476 users)

Download or read book Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2018) written by Janice M. Allan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over two decades, Clues has included the best scholarship on mystery and detective fiction. With a combination of academic essays and nonfiction book reviews, it covers all aspects of mystery and detective fiction material in print, television and movies. As the only American scholarly journal on mystery fiction, Clues is essential reading for literature and film students and researchers; popular culture aficionados; librarians; and mystery authors, fans and critics around the globe.

Agatha Christie on Screen

Publisher : Springer
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ISBN : 1137372923
Pages : 363 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (137 users)

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 363 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.

100 Greatest Literary Detectives

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
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ISBN : 1442278234
Pages : 251 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (442 users)

Download or read book 100 Greatest Literary Detectives written by Eric Sandberg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime fiction is one of the most popular literary genres and has been for more than a century. At the heart of almost all forms of mysteries—from the Golden Age puzzler to the contemporary police procedural, from American hardboiled fiction to the Japanese timetable mystery—is the investigator. He—or, increasingly, she—can be a private eye, a police officer, or a general busybody. But whatever forms these investigators take, they are the key element of crime fiction. Criminals and their crimes come and go, while our attention is captured by these fascinating characters who exist at the intersection of so many different literary and social roles. 100 Greatest Literary Detectives offers a selection of the most influential, important, and intriguing fictional sleuths—amateur or professional—from around the world. From Sherlock Holmes to Harry Hole, Kinsey Millhone to Kiyoshi Mitarai, the detectives profiled here give readers a broader picture of one of fiction’s most popular genres. Each entry summarizes the distinctive features of notable investigators and their approaches to crime, provides a brief outline of major features of their fictional careers, and makes a case for their importance based on literary-historical impact, novelty, uniqueness, aesthetic quality, or cultural resonance. The characters profiled here include Lew Archer, Martin Beck, Father Brown, Brother Cadfael, Adam Dalgliesh, Mike Hammer, Miss Jane Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, Kay Scarpetta, Sam Spade, Phillip Trent, V. I. Warshawski, Lord Peter Wimsey, Nero Wolfe, and many others. Readers will find some of their favorite detectives here, learn more about their literary and cultural significance, and discover other great sleuths—old and new, local and international—in this engaging volume. 100 Greatest Literary Detectives provides a fascinating look into some of the most intriguing fictional characters of all time.

Agatha Christie’s Murder in the Making: Stories and Secrets from Her Archive - includes an unseen Miss Marple Story

Publisher : HarperCollins UK
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ISBN : 0007396775
Pages : 432 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (7 users)

Download or read book Agatha Christie’s Murder in the Making: Stories and Secrets from Her Archive - includes an unseen Miss Marple Story written by John Curran and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agatha Christie’s life and career told through the decades, from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories - including a lost Miss Marple.

Agatha Christie's Murder at the Vicarage

Publisher : Samuel French , Limited
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Pages : 83 pages
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Download or read book Agatha Christie's Murder at the Vicarage written by Moie Charles and published by Samuel French , Limited. This book was released on 1950 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Parson declares rather carelessly 'Anyone who murdered Colonel Prothero would be doing the world at large a service !', he does not realise his words will come back to haunt him. From several potential murderers, Miss Marple must find the real killer

The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013

Publisher : Lulu.com
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ISBN : 190020360X
Pages : 624 pages
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Download or read book The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013 written by Chris Perry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to British television programmes shown at Christmas time, throughout the years.