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Agatha Christie (Repeat)

2023/12/18
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John Hopkins: 阿加莎·克里斯蒂是历史上最畅销的小说家,她的作品被翻译成103种语言,销量超过20亿册。她的作品描绘了普通人心中潜藏的邪恶,她的杀手并非怪物或犯罪天才,而是内心困扰的灵魂。她的小说关注的是她所居住的上层中产阶级世界的扭曲版本,她只是写她所了解的东西。她出身优越的英国家庭,却能巧妙地描写毒药、精神病患者和人生的阴暗面,这令人好奇。1926年她的失踪也引发了一场全国性的寻人事件,最终被发现在约克郡一家酒店,这场事件也成为了她人生中一个重要的转折点。战后,她的一些作品因存在反犹太主义倾向而受到批评,一些作品的标题和内容因此被修改。她对犯罪小说的贡献在于拓展了犯罪小说的边界,她不断尝试新的写作方式,并创作了大量优秀的作品,至今仍被誉为最伟大的犯罪小说家之一。 Sophie Hannah: 阿加莎·克里斯蒂对犯罪小说类型进行了哲学思考,她对人际关系中善恶两面很感兴趣,认为人际关系既能提供支持和滋养,也能充满毒性。在阿加莎·克里斯蒂生活的那个年代,毒药比现在更容易获得,这为她的写作提供了素材。下毒是一种可以不用亲临现场就能杀死人的方式,这可能是胆小的人选择的谋杀方法。波洛的形象灵感来源于阿加莎·克里斯蒂在战争期间遇到的一个欧洲难民,其外貌和举止都非常引人注目。波洛的性格特点是聪明、细致,甚至有些强迫症,这使得他能够在看似混乱的线索中找到关键证据。阿加莎·克里斯蒂的小说既黑暗又有趣,她巧妙地将黑暗的主题和轻松的阅读体验结合在一起,这在其他作家身上很少见。阿加莎·克里斯蒂在小说中塑造了阿丽阿德妮·奥利弗这一角色,该角色是作者本人的化身,反映了作者对自身写作生涯的看法。

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Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist of all time, depicted evil in ordinary people through her works. This chapter explores her background and how her personal experiences influenced her writing.

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Retaining the title of the “Queen of Crime” to this day, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Across 66 novels, 14 short-story collections, and 20 stage plays, she depicted the evil lurking in the hearts of ordinary people. But how did this homeschooled daughter of a privileged English family learn so much about poisons, psychopaths and murder? What in her personal life informed such a suspicious view of ordinary people? And how did she trigger a real-life mystery in 1926 that saw the whole country turn amateur detective?

This is a Short History Of Agatha Christie.

A Noiser production, written by Jo Furniss. With thanks to best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah.

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