MYSTERY QUEEN |
Christie was probably the most successful writer in history. She wr';
ReadingText+='ote 78 crime novels, six other novels, 150 short stories, four non-fiction books and 19 plays. That ';
ReadingText+='represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare! Christie became a writer by a'; ReadingText+='ccident. She was bored when her husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hos'; ReadingText+='pital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her '; ReadingText+='books). She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved'; ReadingText+=' reading them. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Each book h'; ReadingText+='ad a new ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the read'; ReadingText+='ers all the information they needed to find the solution. Christie loved travelling. When she b'; ReadingText+='ecame rich she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Agatha Christie die'; ReadingText+='d in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many have been adapted for film or televisio'; ReadingText+='n. |