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245 10 a| Agatha Christie :b| a very short introduction /c| Gill Plain.;

264 1 a| Oxford, United Kingdom ;a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| xx, 132 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 18 cm.;

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490 1 a| Very short introductions;

520 a| "Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life ran from 1920 to the 1970s, and she didn't just write puzzles, she wrote plays, supernatural stories, thrillers, satires, and domestic noir. She also commented obliquely but perceptively on the social and cultural changes of a troubled century. Christie's work tells the story of a changing Britain, but perhaps her greatest achievement is not to be limited by that national context. Her stories achieve the rare feat of appearing both universal and specific and can seemingly be adapted for almost any context. This Very Short Introduction investigates why the novels of a middle-class, middlebrow Englishwoman were so successful, and why they continue to appeal to such a broad range of readers. Chapters explore the context of Christie's writing, and the clue-puzzle detective fiction structure at which she excelled, but they also question the familiar assumptions that surround her and what we think we know about her work. Gill Plain examines Christie's capacity to register the zeitgeist, and consider how her novels reveal anxieties surrounding gender roles, the family, war, justice, ethics, and nation. Her fascination with hypocrisy, power, abuse, deceit, and despair continues to resonate with readers - and screenwriters - who respond to her light touch and dark imagination to repurpose her stories with the fears and desires most appropriate to their time." --c| Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

600 10 a| Christie, Agatha,d| 1890-1976x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A85182;

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Agatha Christie : a very short introduction / Gill Plain.

Author/creator	Plain, Gill author.
Format	Book
Publication	Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Description	xx, 132 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Subjects	Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976--Criticism and interpretation.

Series	Very short introductions Very short introductions. ^A467935
Abstract	"Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life ran from 1920 to the 1970s, and she didn't just write puzzles, she wrote plays, supernatural stories, thrillers, satires, and domestic noir. She also commented obliquely but perceptively on the social and cultural changes of a troubled century. Christie's work tells the story of a changing Britain, but perhaps her greatest achievement is not to be limited by that national context. Her stories achieve the rare feat of appearing both universal and specific and can seemingly be adapted for almost any context. This Very Short Introduction investigates why the novels of a middle-class, middlebrow Englishwoman were so successful, and why they continue to appeal to such a broad range of readers. Chapters explore the context of Christie's writing, and the clue-puzzle detective fiction structure at which she excelled, but they also question the familiar assumptions that surround her and what we think we know about her work. Gill Plain examines Christie's capacity to register the zeitgeist, and consider how her novels reveal anxieties surrounding gender roles, the family, war, justice, ethics, and nation. Her fascination with hypocrisy, power, abuse, deceit, and despair continues to resonate with readers - and screenwriters - who respond to her light touch and dark imagination to repurpose her stories with the fears and desires most appropriate to their time." -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Biographies.
ISBN	9780198863748
ISBN	0198863748 paperback

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