Well, my first few days of summer have not been quite as peaceful as I originally hoped. I found out that I got an audition at NESA (a magnet school based off of Lee High School) for their Theater Program as well as their Creative Writing program and it was rather unexpected. So, I've been scrambling to memorize a monologue and find a song I can sing. As well as wondering what the writing portion will be like. So that, on top of the fact that my sister just got back in town from Missouri, plus I'm helping with an elementary camp with my theater group and looking up information, a theater class on Thursday and my first day of drivers ed on Friday, I don't quite think I'll be able to start reading Pride and Prejudice this week. So I thought that instead, I would talk about a book I have already read, and quite adored.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie was originally published as "Ten Little Indians." The name was changed in 1940 because it could be considered a racial epithet. Agatha Christie wrote many many books over her life time, but is best known for her detective novels. Many of her books were not liked at first because of her writing style of never being able to guess who the murder was.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie was originally published as "Ten Little Indians." The name was changed in 1940 because it could be considered a racial epithet. Agatha Christie wrote many many books over her life time, but is best known for her detective novels. Many of her books were not liked at first because of her writing style of never being able to guess who the murder was.
Agatha Christie was born with the name Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. She was born born on September 15th 1890 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK and died on January 12th 1976 at the age of 86. She had a pen name of "Mary Westmacott" which she used to write romance novels. Her last name "Christie" comes from her first husband (Archibad Christie ) whom she married in 1914. They had one daughter, and divorced in 1928, two years after Agatha learned that her husband was having an affair. In 1930, Agatha Christie remarried to Max Mallowan, whom she remained married to until her death.
"And Then There Was None" was written in 1939 and has been adapted into plays, and movies. The novel is about ten people, all who have come to Indian Island, all believing differnt reasons of why they are there. The novel progresses as the ten people start dying off, and the ten little Indian figures on the dining room table start disappearing as well. The ten know something is not right, but they are stuck on the island with no boat to get away until a few days later. They soon realize that each person who dies, dies in the same order of the "Ten Little Indian" Poem which each has framed in their rooms. It takes a little while to get used to the style Christie wrote this novel in, but once you do, the story is both easy to follow and intriguing. It was a story I enjoyed very much and has become one of my favorites.
Christie is the best selling author after the Bible and William Shakespeare.
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