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 Recently, there have
been some strange things happening at Styles, a large country house
in Essex. Evelyn Howard, a loyal friend to the family for years,
left the house after an argument with Mrs Inglethorp. Mrs
Inglethorp is then suddenly taken ill and dies. Has she been
poisoned? It is up to the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot,
to find out what happened.
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Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of
Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with
another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most
widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold
only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime
novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels
written under the name of Mary Westmacott.