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Agatha Christie (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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Agatha Christie is acknowledged as one of the world’s most prolific writers. In addition to her shorter works, she is the author of more than fifty detective novels, including the famous Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple stories such as Curtain: Hercule Poirot’s Last Case (1975) and A Murder Is Announced (1950). Christie wrote not only fifteen plays—one of which, The Mousetrap (pr. 1952), set a world record for the longest continuous run of performances—but also romance novels, poems, autobiographical works, and a children’s...

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• Agatha Christie (Magill’s Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction)
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• Mousetrap, The (Drama)
• Mousetrap, The (Masterplots Classics)
• Mousetrap, The (Women’s Literature)
• Mousetrap, The (Character Profiles)
• Mousetrap, The (Literary Places)
• Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The (British Fiction)
• Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The (Women’s Literature)
• Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The (Character Profiles)
• Detective Novel, The (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)
• Detective Story, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
• Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)