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 adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted
at upper-intermediate learners CEF level B2. Each reader
includes: * A CD with a reading of the adapted story * Helpful
notes on characters * Cultural and historical notes relevant to the
plot * A glossary of the more difficult words After Richard
Abernethie''s funeral, his will is read out to his family. His
sister, Cora, shocks everyone by saying ''He was murdered, wasn''t
he?'' When Cora is murdered in her bed the very next day, her
extraordinary remark suddenly seems very important. Every member of
the Abernethie family has something to gain from both murders.
Hercule Poirot arrives to solve the mystery.
關於作者:
Agatha Christie is the most widely published
author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible
and Shakespeare. Her books have sold over a billion copies in
English and another billion in one hundred foreign countries. She
is the author of eighty novels and short-story collections,
nineteen plays, and six novels under the name Mary Westmacott. She
died in 1976.
阿加莎·克里斯蒂(Agatha Christie
1890~1976),英国著名女侦探小说家、剧作家,三大推理文学宗师之一。代表作品有《东方快车谋杀案》和《尼罗河谋杀案》等。1961年,阿加莎·克里斯蒂被埃克塞特大学授予荣誉文学博士学位。1971年,阿加莎·克里斯蒂被册封为女爵士。