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Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery

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Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery

John Escott

5,955 words

アガサ・クリスティーという名前は何を意味するのか。多くの人々にとって、その名前は殺人事件の起こるミステリー小説―誰が犯人か―のことだ。人々は「クリスティーを読んでいるところだ」と言う。「殺人犯ははっきりとはわからないけれど、私が思うには…」云々。しかしたいていその推理は間違っている。本の最後にたどりつくまで殺人犯の名前を当てるのは簡単ではないのだ。では、アガサ・クリスティーとは誰だったのか。どんな人だったのか。彼女の人生は穏やかで波乱などなかったのか。あるいは面白いことや珍しい出来事でいっぱいだったのだろうか。

What does the name 'Agatha Christie' mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery - a 'whodunnit'. 'I'm reading an Agatha Christie,' people say. 'I'm not sure who the murderer is - I think it's... ' But they are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderer's name before the end of the book. But who was Agatha Christie? What was she like? Was her life quiet and unexciting, or was it full of interest and adventure? Was there a mystery in her life, too?

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