Christie, Agatha: And then there were none

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Das Dokument beschreibt das Buch „And Then There Were None“ von Agatha Christie. Es werden Informationen zur Autorin selbst und ihren anderen Werken gegeben. Der Plot des Buches wird detailliert wiedergegeben. Es geht um zehn Menschen, die auf eine Insel eingeladen werden und durch eine mysteriöse Stimme beschuldigt werden, Morde begangen zu haben. Nach und nach sterben sie auf grausame Weise, bis sich herausstellt, dass der Gastgeber, der angeblich U.N. Owen heißt, in Wirklichkeit keiner von ihnen ist, sondern der tote Justizrichter Wargrave. Dieser hat sich selbst mit vergiftetem Milchreis getötet, um seine perfekte Rache an den vermeintlich Schuldigen zu vollenden. Das Buch wird als klassischer Krimi beschrieben und durch den geschickten Plot und die Wendungen fesselt es den Leser bis zum unerwarteten Ende.
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And Then There Were None Author: This touching Crime Story was written by Agatha Christie, also known as the queen of crime. She was born in Torquay, Devon in 1890 and became the probably best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introduced the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who would appear in about 25 of Christie`s later novels. The other principal detective, Ms. Jane Marple, an elder spinster, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage, in 1930. Following these, she wrote 66 of the most popular detective novels ever written. To take a break from murder, Christie wrote six romance novels under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott; two memoirs and an autobiography She saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare and her books have sold over 100,000,000 copies throughout the world. Agatha Christie captivated her readers by mysteriously disappearing in 1926. The details of this disappearance were never released. In recognition of her achievements she was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1971. Five years later, when she died, Dame Agatha was, and still is, the most successful murder mystery writer in the world. The Book: And Then There Were None was first published in Great Britain under the title Ten Little Niggers in 1939. But while reading this crime story you don t realise that it was written 60 years ago. The Plot: Eight people with apparently little in common are invited to Nigger Island in the ...
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