Agatha
Americannoun
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Marcel Proust wrote in bed; Dalton Trumbo in a bath; Agatha Christie only needed “a steady table and a typewriter.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
“I never had a definite place which was my room or where I retired specially to write,” Agatha Christie said in her autobiography.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Auctioneer Bridget Meadows said: "These lots form a wonderful insight into Agatha Christie's personal life at Greenway House."
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
A collection of items from English crime author Agatha Christie's housekeeper are set to make more than £1,000 at auction.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
To give you an idea of just how long, imagine Agatha Swanburne herself as a laughing, red-cheeked girl being given piggyback rides by the family gardener.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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