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 Strange items have
disappeared from the student hostel on Hickory Road and Mrs
Hubbard, the warden, is becoming suspicious. Detective Hercule
Poirot has been a little bored recently and decides to try to solve
the mystery. But the investigation turns sinister when one of the
students is found poisoned in her room.
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。