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And Then There Were None: B2
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has
adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been
carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the
correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level
4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000 – 26,000 words.
Each book includes:
• Full reading of the adapted version available for free online
• Helpful notes on characters
• Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot
• A glossary of the more difficult words
Ten strangers are invited to a tiny island, each for a very different reason. Over dinner on the first night, a recorded message accuses each of the guests of a serious crime, all of which they deny. Then, by the end of that evening, one of the group is dead. A storm rises – now no one can come or go from the island. Then another dies, and another.
The killer has to be one of them – but which one?
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has
adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been
carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the
correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level
4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000 – 26,000 words.
Each book includes:
• Full reading of the adapted version available for free online
• Helpful notes on characters
• Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot
• A glossary of the more difficult words
Ten strangers are invited to a tiny island, each for a very different reason. Over dinner on the first night, a recorded message accuses each of the guests of a serious crime, all of which they deny. Then, by the end of that evening, one of the group is dead. A storm rises – now no one can come or go from the island. Then another dies, and another.
The killer has to be one of them – but which one?
128 pages, Paperback
Published September 3, 2020
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About the author
Agatha Christie
5,899 books76.5k followersAgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
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October 10, 2024
Enthralling and enigmatic!
A thrilling tale of ten people invited to stay on an island - and then they start to get bumped off. I've read several of this type of story but, as always, Agatha Christie is the original and the best. I was completely hooked all the way through and convinced I knew who was responsible ... wrong, again! With a great casst of characters, this is gripping all the way through and I was hooked to the very final word. Would I go to a remote island with a group of strangers? Not a hope, no way! Five sparkling stars and my highest recommendation.
A thrilling tale of ten people invited to stay on an island - and then they start to get bumped off. I've read several of this type of story but, as always, Agatha Christie is the original and the best. I was completely hooked all the way through and convinced I knew who was responsible ... wrong, again! With a great casst of characters, this is gripping all the way through and I was hooked to the very final word. Would I go to a remote island with a group of strangers? Not a hope, no way! Five sparkling stars and my highest recommendation.
March 22, 2025
A classic whodunnit. Didn't realize it was an adapted version for English learners until I read the description here on Goodreads.
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