4.50 From Paddington, Agatha Christie
4.50 From Paddington, Agatha Christie
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4.50 From Paddington

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Jane Collingwood

Abridged: 3 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Collins

Published: 10/13/2016


Synopsis

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English. A woman is murdered on a train. When Miss Marple telephones her friend Lucy Eyelesbarrowand asks her to go undercover to investigate, Lucy quickly accepts the challenge! Who is the dead woman? What was the motive for her murder? And why was the body thrown from the train and later hidden at Rutherford Hall? When a second murder takes place, everyone at Rutherford Hall seems in danger, so Miss Marple sets a trap to catch the murderer.

About Agatha Christie

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. He outlines many of those interesting facts. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. Agatha loved dogs. She has a rose named after her. She never did drink alcohol nor smoked. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kajoli on January 12, 2019

One of the best ! Listened to the audiobook. I had quite forgotten who the murderer was so that was a real treat......more

Goodreads review by Mangelethe Sneha on June 30, 2019

An Old Lady Mrs McGillicuddy travelling in train witnesses a murder in another that passes hers, thus the act occurs few pages into the books and the rest is an investigation into the victim, suspects and at the very end the Killer. Any guesses who is the friend of Mrs McGullicuddy? Of course, it is......more

Goodreads review by Icaro on August 18, 2019

It feels like this woman would always have the hability of surprising me. This might have been the most exciting book I've ever read. Things happen in an electrifying rhytm, and you just can't wait to see what happens next.......more

Goodreads review by Eswary on December 17, 2017

This is my very first book of Agatha Christie. I fell in love with her writing and how she solved the mystery. This book made me searched for her other works as well. A friend of Miss Marple witnessed murder on a train. When they tried to investigate of this case, they unable to find any proof or bo......more