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AgathaChristie阿加莎·克里斯蒂CharacterProfileAgathaChristie(1890～1976)wasaBritishcrimewriterofnovels,shortstories,andplays.ShealsowroteromancesunderthenameMaryWestmacott（herpseudonym），butsheisbestrememberedforher66detectivenovelsand14shortstorycollectionsespeciallythosefeaturingHerculePoirot(大侦探波洛）orMissJaneMarple（简·马普尔小姐）andhersuccessfulWestEnd（伦敦西区）plays.AccordingtotheGuinnessBookofWorldRecords,Christieisthebest-sellingnovelistofalltimeand,withWilliamShakespeare,thebest-sellingauthorofanytype.Shehassoldroughlyfourbillioncopiesofhernovels.Christieisthemosttranslatedindividualauthor,withonlythecollectivecorporateworksofWaltDisneyProductionssurpassingher.Herbookshavebeentranslatedintoatleast103languages.FormulaandplotdevicesAlmostallofAgathaChristie'sbooksarewhodunit,focusingontheBritishmiddleandupperclasses.Usually,thedetectiveeitherstumblesacrossthemurderoriscalleduponbyanoldacquaintance,whoissomehowinvolved.Gradually,thedetectiveinterrogateseachsuspect,examinesthesceneofthecrimeandmakesanoteofeachclue,soreaderscananalyzeitandbeallowedafairchanceofsolvingthemysterythemselves.Then,sometimesevenduringthefinalact,oneofthesuspectsusuallydies,oftenbecausetheyhaveinadvertentlydeducedthekiller'sidentityandneedsilencing.Finally,thedetectiveorganisesameetingofallthesuspectsandslowlydenouncestheguiltyparty,exposingseveralunrelatedsecretsalongtheway,sometimesoverthecourseofthirtyorsopages.Themurdersareoftenextremelyingenious,involvingsomeconvolutedpieceofdeception.Christie'sstoriesarealsoknownfortheirtautatmosphereandstrongpsychologicalsuspense,developedfromthedeliberatelyslowpaceofherprose.HerculePoirotandMissMarpleAgathaChristie'sfirstnovelThemysteriousAffairatStyleswaspublishedin1920andintroducedthelong-runningcharacterdetectiveHerculePoirot,whoappearedin33ofChristie'snovelsand54shortstories.HerotherwellknowncharacterMissMarple,wasintroducedinTheTuesdayNightClubin1927(shortstory)andwasbasedonwomenlikeChristie'sgrandmotherandhercronies.MainWorksTheMysteriousAffairatStyles斯泰尔斯庄园奇案TheABCMurdersABC谋杀案MurderontheOrientExpress东方快车谋杀案DumpWitness无言证人DeathontheNile尼罗河惨案AndThenThereWereNone无人生还EvilUndertheSun阳光下的罪恶ImpactAgathaChristie’sliterarystatuswasmuchmorethanConanDoyleintheUK.ShewontheBritishEmpireandtheuniversityofExeterhonorarydoctorateofliteraturewhenshewas66yearsold.Besides,theQueenMaryalsoenjoyreadingChristie’snovels.January12,1976,AgathaChristiediedininOxfordshirehomeinWallingfordandburiedinVirginhorsepowercemeteryinOxfordshireHerSignature