Agatha Christie

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 Biography of
Agatha Christie
CHRISTIES EARLY YEARS Agatha
Miller was born on September 15, 1890 in
Torquay, Devon, in the South West England
to the family of well to do American
migrants Frederick Alvah Miller and Clara
Boehmer. She was the third child in the
family.
Initially, Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, nee(born)
Miller, was going to be published under the
pseudonym Martin West or Martin Gray,
believing that the female name of the author of
the detective story might cause readers some
prejudice, later she decided to leave the real name
and surname of her first husband – Christie.
 She wrote a detective story, an adventure
novel, a spy novel. Her books have been
published in over 2 billion copies and
translated into 103 languages of the world.
Agatha Christie has become one of the
symbols of Great Britain, her masterpieces
are the most published after the Bible and the
works of Shakespeare.
Popular books by
agatha christie

• Ten little Negroes

• The murder of Roger
Ackroyd
• Death on the Nile
• Murder at the
Vicarage
• Alphabetical Murders
• Murder on the Orient
Express
 Interesting facts

• Christie's book sales are overtaken only

by the Bible.
• As a child, Agatha Christie did not go to
school. She was educated at home by
her mother and several governesses.

• She wrote her first book on a bet with

her sister Madge.
• Agatha Christie loved dogs.
• One of the types of roses is named in
honor of Agatha Christie.
• For many years she was president of
the Amateur Drama Theater in
Wallingford.
 • Agatha Christie hated marmalade puddings and
cockroaches.
• Agatha Christie had no bad habits — she did not smoke or
drink.
• Agatha Christie's favorite flower is lily of the valley.
• "Love" for poisons
• Often in his works he pays attention to all kinds of poisons.
This is due to the fact that Agatha worked as a nurse during
the First World War.
• She was embarrassed about her
profession. Christie explained
that she called her work nothing
more than a hobby, considering
writing something frivolous.
• Mother forbade Agatha to read.
Her mother Clarissa suffered
from a mild form of nervous
disorder, In her opinion, a real
lady of those years was obliged
to play one musical instrument

• Christie suffered from an unusual

mental disorder. If everything
was fine with the writer's
reading, then things were much
worse with writing. All her life,
Christie suffered from dysgraphy
— a violation of mental
functions, because of which she
could not arrange the letters in
words in the correct order.
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