Agatha
Christie.
I like to read detective stories. Thus my
favourite English writer is Agatha Christie. She is known all over the world as
the Queen of crime. She wrote 77 detective novels and books of stories and they are translated into many foreign
languages. The most popular of her books are: ‘‘The Oriental Express’’, ‘‘The
Murder in the Vicar’s House’’, ‘‘Black Brothers’’ and others. Those are books
you could spend hours with. They are easy and interesting to read. I advise
everybody to read A. Christie’s novels and stories.
A. Christie was born in 1890 in England. Her
father was an American but he lived in England for long years. He died when
Agatha was 12, then she couldn’t get a good education. She was very pensive and
not talkative when she was a small girl. She always tried to get away from
other people. Perhaps, as she was not talkative she began to write and she was
better in writing than in speaking.
She began to write at the and of World War 1 and created Hercule Poirot – the
most popular detective after Sherlock Holmes. Poirot, Miss Marple and her other
detectives appeared in many films, radio programmes and stage plays based on
her novels.
In 1958 A. Christie became a president of the
club of detectivists. And she ran this club till her death in 1976. She died
but her books will never die. To my mind, they will be popular for many, many
years.
Questions.
1.Who is
known as the Queen of Crime?
2. Did she
write many novels?
3. Are her
novels read in many countries?
4. What are
her most popular works?
5. Will you
advise your friend to read them? Why?
6. Was A.
Christie an English or American writer?
7. What
education did she get?
8. Why did
she begin to write?
9. Who was
her most popular detective?
10. Do
A.Christie’s heroes appear in many films and plays?
11. She was
the president of the club of detectivists, wasn’t she?
pensive – задумчивая, create – создавать, to run – руководить.