The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880–1929), called Monty, ten years older than Agatha.īefore marrying and starting a family in London, she had served in a Devon hospital during the First World War, tending to troops coming back from the trenches. She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.Īgatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three.
According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Free online resources for students and teachersĪgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time.Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot.Full reading of the adapted version available for free online.Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1 with a word count of 11,000 – 20,000 words. This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers series. 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. NowĬollins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners.
Who is she? And how did she end up on their rug?ĭolly asks her friend Miss Marple to help discover the truth – can she help explain this mystery and clear Colonel Bantry’s name?Ĭollins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Īgatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Imagine their surprise when one morning they are woken by their maid who tells them that the body of a girl has been found in their study. Colonel Bantry and his wife Dolly live in a grand old house outside a small village.
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