Agatha christie

AGATHA CHRISTIE Introdution Agatha Christie was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly four billion copies, and her estate claims that her works rank third, after those of William Shakespeare and the Bible, as the world's most widely published books. Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on 15 September 1890 in Torquay, England. Her father, Frederick, was an outgoing American with an independent income. Her mother, Clara, was rather shy; Agatha resembled her greatly in personality. There were two other children - Madge and Monty, both older than Agatha. Although Madge received a formal education, Clara decided Agatha should not. She intended that Agatha be taught to read when she was eight; however, by the age of five Agatha had already taught herself to read. The rest of her education was through a mixture of tutors, part-time schooling and French finishing schools. She also trained as a singer and pianist and had it not been for her extreme shyness, she had the talent to have made this her career. Christie would describe her childhood as "very happy",[10] and was surrounded by a series…

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Published: 1922 Categorie(s): Fiction, Short Stories Source: http://www.gutenberg.org 1 About Fitzgerald: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. He is regarded as one of the greatest twentieth century writers. Fitzgerald was of the self-styled "Lost Generation," Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I.…

POETICS The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics Tel Aviv University PAPERS ON POETICS AND SEMIOTICS Edited by B. Hrushovski and I. Even-Zohar ‫המכון הישראלי לפואטיקה וסמיוטיקה ע"ש פורטר‬ ‫עבודות בפואטיקה ובסמיוטיקה‬ ‫סידרת חיבורים בעריכת ב. הרושובסקי וא. אבן-זהר‬ 8 ‫איתמר אבן-זהר‬ ‫עבודות בפואטיקה היסטורית‬ No. 8 © 1978 Itamar Even-Zohar Printed in Israel University Publishing Projects 28 Hanatziv Street, Tel Aviv The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics Tel…

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DICIONÁRIO A a quo; ad quem court of judge from which a dispute is sent to another, which is the court or judge. These terms also refer to beginning and end of a time period; "dia a quo" and "dia ad quem" ("dies a quo" and "dies ad quem") à beira on the verge a descoberto overdrawn a favor in behalf a fim de que with a view to a granel in bulk a mesa the board a níveis de um dígito to single digits a partir da divulgação as from release a partir da presente data…