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Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Agatha Christie
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Back in print in an all-new edition is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the "Queen of Mystery". Fans of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and readers of John Curran’s fascinating biographies Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making will be spellbound by the compelling, authoritative account of one of the world’s most influential and fascinating novelists, told in her own words and inimitable style - and here in her own voice. These audio excerpts were dictated by Agatha Christie herself.

The New York Times Book Review called Christie’s autobiography a "joyful adventure," saying, "she brings the sense of wonder... to her extraordinary career."

Please note: This is a historical recording, and the audio quality is reflective of the time in which it was recorded.

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In spite of the title given, this is NOT an autobiography of Agatha Christie. It is something more important and rare. It is the actual voice of Agatha Christie dictating notes, some of which were used to write her autobiography. The sound quality is poor because of the primitive sound equipment available at that time, and nothing can be done about that. And it jumps about because she dictated ideas and memories as they came to her. I have read the finished autobiography and enjoyed it.

I LOVED being able to hear the Queen of Golden Age Mystery Novels talk about the development of some of her best and most famous novels and stories. I remember reading in the newspapers about the discovery of these historic recordings, and a few scraps were made available. I very much wished to be able to hear them all. I am delighted to discover that Audible has made these important historic recordings available to listeners, and the price (FREE!) makes it even better.

Better than a biography

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What a privilege to be able to listen to these words coming directly from the author’s mouth! It’s not the entire book, but just the fact that this exists at all is something to be treasured.

An incredible piece of history!

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It was very interesting but background noises
made it somewhat difficult to understand Agatha Christie.

Just my opinion.

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I think this chapter is for die hard Agatha Christie fans. There is so much clicking that the recording becomes distracting.
I only know of a few of her books, so I wasn't sure what she was talking about.
It was very interesting how she thought some of her characters were a one story and now have had many stories. There are a few very interesting parts.

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Very interesting as she gives a critique of many of the plays that were scripted from her books. The audio in the background sounds like someone is washing dishes, and distracts from the story.

Washing dishes

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