Anna Christie

Ruth Ware’s “In a dark dark wood”, interpretes the ideas in Agatha Christie's novel “And there were None” in a quite similar, yet new way. Both novels are set in isolation. While Christie’s novel is set on an isolated island, hard to reach and impossible to leave alone, Ware decided to create a more mysterious darker setting by mainly focusing on the darkness of an isolated house in a forest. Neither one of the locations has the prerogative to external communication, making the story revolve and

Agatha Christie - Dysgraphia “It was quite true and I knew and accepted it. It did not worry or distress me. I was always resigned to being the ‘slow one’” (ResearchGate). This is what Agatha Christie said one day when she realized she had a very serious disease, now known as dysgraphia. Christie’s dysgraphia caused her many challenges in her lifetime, but it never stopped her from being an amazing, bestselling novelist. In the United States, anywhere from five to thirty-three percent of elementary

In the first 4 chapters of Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None, we get to know the main characters. She gives us a look into each character’s thoughts during their trip to Indian Island. Ten people, who do not seem to have anything in common, are brought to Indian Island by mysterious Owens. Dr. Armstrong is driving to the island, having been asked to take a look at Mr. Owen’s ill wife. While he drives, he reflects on the luck that allowed his career to survive after an incident that

and suspicious behaviors at the same time as Poirot.The vocabulary was overall fairly easy, so it wasn’t too difficult to read. A weakness would be that I had a hard time getting into the book because the beginning was quite boring. I wish Agatha Christie would have gotten into the mystery a bit sooner than she did. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries or

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First, there were ten, a curious group of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. There host, a millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past there unwilling to reveal, and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. One by one they fall prey, Before the weekend is out, there will be none. And only the dead are above suspicion. In then ten little Indians when a group

Nothing ever happens in the small English town of King’s Abbot, but all of that changes when the town gets a new visitor. In The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie, two unexpected deaths occur. A wealthy widow, Mrs. Ferrars, commits suicide and Roger Ackroyd is suddenly murdered. The incapable town police are absolutely perplexed about the cause of the deaths so they call in an expert, Hercule Poirot. Hercule is known for his famous “little gray cells” as he calls them. He and James

The Expressive Theory is used by Agatha Christie to teach the reader an important lesson in the short story Wasp’s Nest. She is able to teach the reader a lesson while also hinting at who the victim is. “Tell me now: are you glad or sorry that I came?” “Thank goodness you came,” he cried. “Oh! Thank goodness you came” (Christie 96). Harrison was going to commit an evil crime, but Poirot psychologically manipulated his friend in order to stop the crime before it was committed (Paris 258). Harrison

The novel Mrs.McGinty’s Dead by the talented Agatha Christie, describes the murderous death of Mrs.McGinty. The novel begins with the main character Hercule Poirot getting a phone call from a Superintendent Spence, wanting to discuss the mysterious murder of Mrs.McGinty, a former charwoman, or house cleaner. At first, the court decides that James Bentley, her apartment roommate, was guilty of this terrible crime. However, Poirot and Spence are under the impression that James Bentley was framed for

Mystery and Detective Genre Just imagine a horror movie playing in your head that you can control. Every novel had murder, love and isolation that the reader could relate to. Freewill by Chris Lynch describes a high school boy who lost both his parents and now is accused of murder. The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman is a treasure hunt for the Lumen Dei and this one girl has the brains and motivation to have nothing stand in her way to find it. Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf