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famous novel depicting Graham 3 Hercule Poirot is "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd". This book is a subtle masterpiece of misdirection, and created quite a public sensation. It was probably the greatest achievement of this time period. Hercule Poirot is probably best remembered by his oddly-shaped mustache and his egg-shaped head. Poirot also thought very highly of himself. Hercule Poirot has been portrayed in Christie films by such actors as Tony Randall and Albert Finney. Finney received an Academy Award for his portrayal of Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (Yaffe BKYaffe@nltl.columbia.edu). As stated before, Miss Jane Marple was an elderly spinster, probably in her mid-sixties. Ironically, Mrs. Christie probably cloned Miss Marple after herself. Though Agatha

Christie did not die an elderly spinster, she was always looking for a good mystery, as shown in her many novels. She hailed from St. Mary Mead, England, and loved to talk about her hometown. Miss Marple did not go around looking for mysteries to solve, somehow she ended up in the middle of a case. In "The Caribbean Mystery" Miss Marple had been sent to St. Honoré by her nephew for a vacation, as she was recovering from an illness. When Miss Marple arrived, everything seemed wonderful. But in the days to come, several deaths took place. Miss Marple found this unnerving, so she set out to solve the murder mystery. No one wanted to help her, because they thought she was just an old woman who had nothing else to do besides sit around and dream up silly murder ideas. Miss

Marple solved the mystery, and everyone was pleased with the old woman (Christie "Caribbean Mystery"). Aside from mystery novels, Agatha Christie also wrote many plays. Her play, "The Mousetrap" is the longest-running play in history, with the record of 8862 performances in one theater ( Amer. Edu. Enc. 117)! Christie wrote six romance novels under the pseudonym of Mary Westmancott, to take a break from mystery writing. Christie also composed two memoirs, and one of Graham 4 those memoirs recounted events from her trip to Syria with Max Mallowan, her second husband (Prichard www.mysteries.com/birthday/). Several of Mrs. Christie?s books and plays have been made into movies and television miniseries. One of the most popular miniseries including Agatha

Christie?s works is Murder, She Wrote, starring Angela Lansbury. Every episode of Murder, She Wrote is based on events that occurred in Agatha Christie?s murder mystery novels. Lansbury has also portrayed Miss Jane Marple in some of the movies made of Christie?s books (Yaffe BKYaffe@nltl.columbia.edu). Agatha Christie was one of the first women to write murder mysteries. She took a great step in the literary world, for at the time she was writing her novels, women weren?t as accepted in literature as men writers. Christie received many awards over the years for her numerous and intriguing writings. In 1954 she was served as president of the Detection Club, an organization for mystery writers. Also in 1954 Agatha Christie also received the first Grand Award ever given by the

Mystery Writers of America. Christie also received the New York Drama Critics? Circle Award for 1954-1955 for her play "Witness for the Prosecution". In 1956 Agatha Christie was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Five years before her death, she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She was the first person to ever achieve such a great honor (Prichard www.mysteries.com/birthday/). To this day, Agatha Christie?s novels and plays have been translated into more worldly languages than any of the works of William Shakespeare. She is perhaps the most famous female mystery writer of all time. Millions of copies of her books and plays, some of which have been made into videos, are sold and read in all four corners of the world (Amer.

Edu. Enc.). On January 12, 1976, Agatha Christie: Queen of the Mystery Genre, died of natural causes. The only mystery Mrs. Christie left unsolved is her own. The mystery of Graham 5 her disappearance in 1926. Inquiring minds will never know what was going through her head. Was it publicity? Was it really amnesia?