La signora del delitto

by Agatha Christie, Francesca Lazzarato (Editor), Lydia Lax (Translator)

Famosa in tutto il mondo, Agatha Christie è forse la più grande autrice di gialli di tutti i tempi, capace di costruire incredibili rompicapo polizieschi. Vale dunque la pena di far conoscenza con i singolari personaggi da lei creati: Miss Marple, la mite vecchietta che non si lascia scappare un assassino; Hercule Poirot, il genio la cui testa a uovo trabocca di "piccole cellule grigie"; Parker Pyne, il serafico gentiluomo che conosce a fondo la natura umana; Tommy e Tuppence, una coppia di giovani e impetuosi investigatori privati.

Ognuno di loro ha un'imprevedibile soluzione da offrirci, un segreto da svelare, per introdurci a poco a poco nel mondo della "signora del delitto".

Contiene le storie:
Uno scherzo arguto (Strange Jest, 1948);
Asilo (Sanctuary, 1961);
La Follia di Greenshaw (Greenshaw's Folly, 1961);
La maledizione della tomba egizia (The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, 1925);
La Porta di Baghdad (The Gate of Baghdad, 1932);
L'oracolo di Delfi (The Oracle at Delphi, 1933);
Il poliziotto fantasma (The Man in the Mist, 1929).

154 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

" ... L'affascinante signorina di altri tempi cui era stato presentato la sera precedente sembrava l'ultima persona al mondo da citare in rapporto al crimine. ... "
Una affascinate raccolta di brevi racconti dei personaggi della Christie per chi ancora non li conosce e per chi già li ama.

[Calliope · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miss Murple la adoro. Nonostante l’età è vivace curiosa e arzilla.

[Filippo · Rating 4 out of 5]

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