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Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976) Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976) Biography Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, neé Miller, was born as on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, Devon (England). Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective: Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie’s first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States. Agatha Christie’s plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances—more than 21 years—at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution (1953), which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film (1957). Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film, 1974) and Death on the Nile (1937; film, 1978). Her works were also adapted for television. In 1926 Christie’s mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly-publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. Christie also wrote romantic non-detective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Her Autobiography (1977) appeared posthumously. Agatha Christie was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1971. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages. Christie died in 12 January 1976 in Wallinford, Oxfordshire. 1 “Dame Agatha Christie”, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/115645/Dame-Agatha-Christie 120104 Bibliotheca Alexandrina Compiled by Mervat Abdel-Fattah 1 Selected Materials Available at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Works by the Author Detective Novels (Print): Christie, Agatha. À l'hôtel Bertram. Translated by Élise Champon. Le livre de poche 7385. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2003. BA Call Number: BnF 244579 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. The ABC Murders. The Agatha Christie Collection. Poirot 13. London: HarperCollins, 2007. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555abc 2007 (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. L'affaire Protheroe. Translated by Raymonde Coudert. Le club des masques 36. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 1998. BA Call Number: BnF 311906 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. After the Funeral. London: Collins, 1984. BA Call Number: 823.912 Chr A (E) Christie, Agatha. Agatha Christie. Edited by Jacques Baudou. Intégrales. Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1997. BA Call Number: BnF 312965 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Agatha Christie, Five Classic Murder Mysteries: The Secret Adversary; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; The Boomerang Clue; The Moving Finger; Death comes as the End. New Jersey: Wings, 1985. BA Call Number: 823.912 Chr A (E) Christie, Agatha. Agatha Christie, Murderers Abroad: The Mystery of the Blue Train; Murder in Mesopotamia; They Came to Baghdad; So Many Steps to Death; Passenger to Frankfurt. New York: Avenel, 1989. BA Call Number: 823.912 Chr A (E) Christie, Agatha. Agatha Christie's Detectives: Five Complete Novels: The Murder at the Vicarage; Dead Man's Folly; Sad Cypress; Towards Zero; N or M? New York: Avenel, 1982. BA Call Number: 823.912 Chr A (E) 120104 Bibliotheca Alexandrina Compiled by Mervat Abdel-Fattah 2 Christie, Agatha. Appointment with Death. The Agatha Christie Collection. Poirot 19. London: HarperCollins, 2001. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555app (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. The Big Four. Penguin Books 1196. [London]: Penguin, 1959. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555b (B2 -- Special Collections -- Closed Stacks) Christie, Agatha. The Body in the Library. The Agatha Christie Collection. Marple 3. London: HarperCollins, 2002. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555bo (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. By the Pricking of my Thumbs. Fontana 6570. [London]: Fontana, 1985. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555by (B4 -- Closed Stacks) Christie, Agatha. Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque: A l'hôtel Bertram. Translated by Jean-Michel Alamagny and Claire Durivaux. Paris : France loisirs, 1997. BA Call Number: BnF 389743 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Cards on the Table. Agatha Christie Collection. Poirot 15. London: HarperCollins, 2001. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555car 2001 (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. A Caribbean Mystery. The Agatha Christie Collection. Marple 10. London: HarperCollins, 2002. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555cari (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. Cartes sur table. Translated by Alexis Champon. Le masque 275. [Paris]: Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1999. BA Call Number: BnF 312982 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Cat among the Pigeons. London: HarperCollins, 1994. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555ca (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. Le cheval à bascule. Translated by Janine Lévy. Le livre de poche 6607. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2000. BA Call Number: BnF 295435 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Le cheval pâle. Translated by Janine Lévy. Le masque 774. Paris: Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1999. BA Call Number: BnF 371584 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) 120104 Bibliotheca Alexandrina Compiled by Mervat Abdel-Fattah 3 Christie, Agatha. Cinq petits cochons. Translated by Michel Le Houbie. Club des masques 66. Paris: Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1977. BA Call Number: BnF 366038 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. The Clocks. The Agatha Christie Collection. Poirot 34. London: Harper, 2002. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555cl (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. Le couteau sur la nuque. Translated by Louis Postif. Club des masques 135. Paris: Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1976. BA Call Number: BnF 296175 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Le crime d'Halloween. Translated by Janine Lévy. [Paris]: Ed . du Masque, 1998. BA Call Number: BnF 294111 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Le crime de l'Orient-express. Translated by Louis Postif. Le livre de poche 1607. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2005. BA Call Number: BnF 245525 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Le crime du golf. Translated by Marc Logé. Le Masque 118. [Paris]: Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1986. BA Call Number: BnF 308730 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Crimes en Orient. Intégrales. [Paris]: Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 2002. BA Call Number: BnF 268929 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Crooked House. London: Pan; Collins, 1985. BA Call Number: 823.912 Chr C (E) Christie, Agatha. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case. The Agatha Christie Collection. Poirot 39. London: HarperCollins, 2002. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555cu (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. Death Comes as the End. A Crime Club Novel. London: Collins, 1947. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555de (B2 -- Special Collections -- Closed Stacks) Christie, Agatha. Death in the Clouds. The Agatha Christie Collection. London: HarperCollins, 2001. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555dea (F1 -- Young People’s Library) 120104 Bibliotheca Alexandrina Compiled by Mervat Abdel-Fattah 4 Christie, Agatha. Death on the Nile. The Agatha Christie Collection. Poirot 12. London: HarperCollins, 2001. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555deat (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. La dernière énigme. Translated by Jocelyne W arolin. Paris: Editions du Masque, [2006]. BA Call Number: BnF 299732 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Destination inconnue. Translated by Michel Le Houbie. Le masque 526. [Paris]: Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1999. BA Call Number: BnF 309014 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Dix petits nègres; L'homme au complet marron. Translated by Gérard de Chergé and Sylvie Durastanti. Paris: France loisirs, 2003. BA Call Number: BnF 257721 (B4 -- Closed Stacks -- BnF Collection) Christie, Agatha. Dumb Witness. A Crime Club Novel. London: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1937. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555du (B2 -- Closed Stacks -- Rare Books) Christie, Agatha. Elephants Can Remember. The Agatha Christie Collection. Poirot 37. London: HarpeCollins, 2002. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555el (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. Endless Night. London: Fontana, 1970. BA Call Number: 823.914 Chr E (E) Christie, Agatha. Une étrange disparition. Bibliothèque verte 542. Paris: Hachette Jeunesse, 1997. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555e (F1 -- Young People’s Library) Christie, Agatha. Evil under the Sun. The Agatha Christie Collection. Poirot 23. London: HarperCollins, 2001. BA Call Number: 823.912 C5555ev (F1 -- Young People’s
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