Maurice Leblanc's gentleman thief and master detective Arsène Lupin was modeled on and, in fact, had several literary encounters with ...
a. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
b. Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot
c. E.W. Hornung's A.J. Raffles
d. Leslie Charteris's Simon Templar ("The Saint")
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a. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
b. Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot
c. E.W. Hornung's A.J. Raffles
d. Leslie Charteris's Simon Templar ("The Saint")
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Agatha Christie
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born
September 15, 1890
died
January 12, 1976
gender
female
place of birth
Torquay, Devon, England, The United Kingdom
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genre
Mystery & Thrillers
influences
Edgar Allan Poe, Anna Katherine Green, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton
about this author
Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Her works, particularly featuring detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple, have given her the title the 'Queen of Crime' and made her one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of the genre.
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie avg rating 4.07 — 14,349 ratings — published 1939 112 editions |
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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie avg rating 4.00 — 10,033 ratings — published 1934 101 editions |
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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.85 — 4,834 ratings — published 1937 86 editions |
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.97 — 4,410 ratings — published 1926 86 editions |
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The ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.78 — 3,965 ratings — published 1936 64 editions |
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The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.76 — 2,902 ratings — published 1942 62 editions |
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.76 — 2,850 ratings — published 1920 153 editions |
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Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.79 — 2,695 ratings — published 1930 61 editions |
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Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.78 — 2,701 ratings — published 1940 75 editions |
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A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie avg rating 3.79 — 2,417 ratings — published 1950 39 editions |
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"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
— Agatha Christie
— Agatha Christie
"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path."
— Agatha Christie
— Agatha Christie
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