Plongez dans la version originale et intégrale d'une des plus grandes intrigues de la reine du crime.
Avec la collection NOT SO CLASSIC, lire en anglais devient un vrai plaisir grâce à :
Des notes de vocabulaire en marge (en français et en anglais) un dossier complet pour comprendre l'oeuvre, ses personnages, ses grands thèmes et son contexte des quiz pour mémoriser l'essentiel, de façon ludique des activités pour progresser en anglais, grâce au texte d'un auteur d'exception + les vidéos "Previously on" La synthèse (en anglais) du roman pour ne pas perdre le fil de l'histoire.
Plongez dans la version originale et intégrale d'un chef-d'oeuvre policier d'Agatha Christie.
Avec la collection NOT SO CLASSIC, lire en anglais devient un vrai plaisir grâce à :
Des notes de vocabulaire en marge (en français et en anglais) un dossier complet pour comprendre l'oeuvre, ses personnages, ses grands thèmes et son contexte des quiz pour mémoriser l'essentiel, de façon ludique des activités pour progresser en anglais, grâce au texte d'un auteur d'exception + les vidéos "Previously on" La synthèse (en anglais) du roman pour ne pas perdre le fil de l'histoire.
Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon. One of the party is found murdered, and tension mounts as the survivors realize that the killer is not only among them, but is willing to strike again... and again.
Némésis Miss Marple est-elle l'incarnation de Némésis, la déesse grecque de la vengeance et de la justice oe Cet étrange, ce passionnant roman d'Agatha Christie n'est pas tout à fait comme les autres. Son héroïne a vieilli, mais sa longue expérience de la vie lui permet, en partant de zéro, de résoudre un problème qui paraît insoluble.
Agatha Christie's most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, `The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.
LIRE EN ANGLAISCollection dirigée par Henri YvinecCette collection s'adresse à tous ceux qui désirent découvrir ou redécouvrir le plaisir de lire les oeuvres des plus grands auteurs contemporains dans leur langue d'origine.
Notes en anglais en regard du texte et lexique bilingue en fin de volume dispensent d'un recours fastidieux au dictionnaire.
A Fruitful Sunday and other short stories annotées par Lise Bloch et Françoise Thomas-Garnier Dans ces quatre nouvelles, on découvre qu'Agatha Christie, en plus d'être l'auteur d'histoires criminelles abominables, était également une fine analyste de la nature humaine : les désillusions amères et les blessures du coeur, celui d'une femme déchirée entre l'amour et le devoir, ou celui d'un homme sans espoir de retrouver celle qui l'avait aimé autrefois...
Passent l'ombre d'une sorcière terrifiante, l'éclat d'un collier de rubis, le bruit sourd d'un coup de revolver, la blancheur d'une étole d'hermine...
- The Actress - The Golden Ball - The Thumb Mark of St Peter - The Witness of the Prosecution.
Voici un choix de nouvelles d'Agatha Christie en version originale, accompagnées de notes juxtalinéaires rédigées en anglais qui aident le lecteur à comprendre les mots et expressions difficiles contenus dans le texte. Un lexique complète le volume. Cette collection constitue, après quelques années d'étude d'une langue étrangère, une étape vers la lecture autonome, sans dictionnaire ni traduction. Idéal pour tous ceux qui désirent découvrir ou redécouvrir le plaisir de lire dans leur langue d'origine les oeuvres de grands auteurs.
Agatha Christie's first ever murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover - includes for the first time the original courtroom climax as an alternate ending.
It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery. before tongues start to wag.
Agatha Christie's seasonal mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
Ce puzzle de 1000 pièces permet de reconstituer les cas les plus célèbres d'Hercule Poirot, détective belge créé par la romancière anglaise Agatha Christie.
It was not unusual to find the bronzed body of Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena's arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air.
The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice... When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again - for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth''s estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board...
Six people sit down to dinner at a table laid for seven. In the seventh place is a sprig of rosemary - in memory of one who died at the same table a year previously. No one present would ever forget her face, contorted beyond recognition - or what they remembered about her astonishing life.
Luke Fitzwilliam could not believe Miss Pinkerton's wild allegation that a multiple murderer was at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood - or her speculation that the local doctor was next in line. Within hours Miss Pinkerton is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Mere coincidence!
Sir George and Lady Stubbs hit upon the idea of staging a mock murder mystery. Ariadne Oliver, a well known crime writer, agrees to organize their murder hunt. Despite weeks of planning, Ariadne calls in Hercule Poirot, as instinctively she senses that something sinister is about to happen.
In disbelief Miss Marple read the letter from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel - a casual acquaintance. Mr Rafiel had left instructions for Miss Marple to investigate a crime after his death. He failed however to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed.
The owner of a seaside villa is plagued by strange feelings about its past... Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs... In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a ''perfect'' crime committed many years before.
Agatha Christie''s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding... then the discovery of a corpse in a chest... next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder... the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits... and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide. What links these five baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!
Agatha Christie's most ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.' A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out.
A young man, broken down in the fog, witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal... A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play.
A ruthless international cartel seeks world domination... Framed in the doorway of Poirot''s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man''s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about ''Number Four''.
