Consequences from Past Actions
Agatha Christie was the author of the mystery novel And Then There Were None. Christie used external and internal conflicts along with foreshadowing to portray the theme of the story. Agatha Christie wrote an entire book over one weekend and she is the best crime novelist in history.
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, England in 1890. Christie’s maiden name was Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. At the age of eleven, she lost her father to a heart-attack. When Christie was a child, her family lived in an Italian styled mansion. Christie was always a shy girl (“Christie, Agatha”).
Christie’s parents educated her at home. She had an older sister named Mary, whom she was close with. Christie loved dogs, but hated cockroaches. She had a rose named after her. Her favorite color was green. Christie’s lifelong shyness is what led to her excellent literary world (“Agatha Christie”).
Christie studied music in Paris, France. She came from an upper-middle-class background. Her mother’s name was Clarissa Boehmer Miller. Her father’s name was Frederick Alvan Miller. Christie never pursued her opera career because her voice was not strong enough. (“Agatha Christie”).
Christie first got married in 1914 to Colonel Archibald Christie. She and Archibald got divorced a short period after her daughter was born. The reason for their divorce was because Archie had an affair. The woman whom he’d had an affair with was named Teresa Neele (“Christie, Agatha.”; “Legends and Legacies”). Christie disappeared for eleven days once she found out about the affair. She fled to a hotel, but she checked in under Teresa Neele’s name so no one would have knowledge of her whereabouts. Christie never publicly discussed the affair. Bef...
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...st thirty years old when her first book got published. Christie wrote plays. She also published romances under the name Mary Westmacott. Christie was diagnosed with psychogenic fugue. The romances she wrote under the name Mary Westmacott never achieved popularity (“Christie, Agatha.”; “Agatha Christie”).
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Today people such as Agatha Christie have carried on the crime genre which in my opinion is successful. The use of technology in the art of forensic science in Doyle’s books is why, in my opinion, they are successful because in those days the technology had just started and they were intrigued by it.
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Christie, Agatha. "The Witness for the Prosecution." MASTERPIECES OF MURDER. New Work: Kodd, Mead and Co. 1977.
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