Agatha Christie by Agatha Christie5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Miss Marple, an elderly woman who used her amateur sleuthing skills to solve crimes, appeared in 12 of Agatha’s mystery crime novels and 22 short stories. Poirot, a Belgian private investigator, appeared in thirty-three novels, one play, and over 50 short stories from 1920 to 1975. Her most memorable and popular characters, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, are great examples of her skill to develop “high society” characters with mainstream appeal.Īgatha’s novel, “ The Mysterious Affair at Styles” (published in 1920) introduced the character Hercule Poirot. She created memorable and dignified characters which any class of readers could relate to. What made her stories stand out were, of course, the characters. What made Agatha Christie’s stories stand out? In a writing career lasting more than 55 years, she wrote 72 novels (66 mystery novels and 6 romance novels) and 15 short story collections-a body of work that remains unparalleled in any genre, except perhaps by Stephen King. The works of Dame Agatha Christie are still a part of popular culture. ![]()
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