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1、TheMysteriousAffairatStylesChristie,AgathaPublished:19201AboutChristie:AgathaMaryClarissa,LadyMallowan,DBE(15September1890–12January1976),commonlyknownasAgathaChristie,wasanEnglishcrimefictionwriter.ShealsowroteromancenovelsunderthenameMaryWestmacott,butisbestrememberedforher80detectiveno
2、velsandhersuccessfulWestEndtheatreplays.Herworks,particularlyfea-turingdetectivesHerculePoirotorMissJaneMarple,havegivenherthetitlethe'QueenofCrime'andmadeheroneofthemostimportantandinnovativewritersinthedevelopmentofthegenre.Christiehasbeencalled—bytheGuinnessBookofWorldRecords,amongothe
3、rs—thebest-sellingwriterofbooksofalltime,andthebest-sellingwriterofanykindtogetherwithWilliamShakespeare.OnlytheBiblesoldmorewithabout6billioncopies.Anestimatedfourbillioncopiesofhernovelshavebeensold.UNESCOstatesthatsheiscurrentlythemosttranslatedindividualauthorintheworldwithonlythecoll
4、ectivecorporateworksofWaltDisneyProductionssupersedingher.Asanexampleofherbroadappeal,sheistheall-timebest-sellingauthorinFrance,withover40mil-lioncopiessoldinFrench(asof2003)versus22millionforEmileZola,thenearestcontender.Herstageplay,TheMousetrap,holdstherecordforthelongestinitialrunint
5、heworld,openingattheAmbassadorsTheatreinLondonon25November1952,andasof2007isstillrunningaftermorethan20,000performances.In1955,Christiewasthefirstrecip-ientoftheMysteryWritersofAmerica'shighesthonor,theGrandMasterAward,andinthesameyear,WitnessfortheProsecutionwasgivenanEdgarAwardbytheMWA,
6、forBestPlay.Mostofherbooksandshortstorieshavebeenfilmed,somemanytimesover(MurderontheOrientExpress,DeathontheNile,4.50FromPaddington),andmanyhavebeenadaptedfortelevision,radio,videogamesandcomics.In1998,thecontroloftherightstomostoftheliteraryworksofAgathaChristiepassedtothecompanyChorion
7、,whenitpurchasedamajority64%shareinAgathaChristieLimited.Source:Wikipedia23Chapter1IGOTOSTYLESTheintenseinterestarousedinthepublicbywhatwasknownatthetimeas"TheStylesCase"hasnowsomewhatsubsided.Nevertheless,inviewoftheworld-widenotorietywhichattendedit,Ihavebeenasked
