TWO GREAT MYSTERY WRITERS: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE AND AGATHA CHRISTIE
Join Dr John Florance on Tuesday mornings for Four
2 hour sessions for just £34.00
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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930)
and Agatha Christie (1890 – 1971)
Remain two of the most celebrated and popular writers of detective fiction. Doyle, of course, created Sherlock Holmes, and Christie Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple. Doyle died at a time when Christie had become perhaps the best-selling crime writer in the language and had published her most famous (and notorious!) novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926). Doyle knew Christie’s work and Christie was heavily influenced by Doyle. This is one of the many interesting topics we shall consider during the course.
Of Doyle’s book we shall give close attention to The Hound of the Baskervilles and some of the short stories. It would help if you can read or refresh your memory of The Hound.
We will look at Agatha Christie as ‘The Queen of Crime’ during the inter-war ‘Golden Age’ of crime fiction. Extracts for discussion will be distributed.
This should prove an enjoyable course for fans of crime fiction and those who know little about the subject!
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