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Agatha Christie: what made the world’s bestselling author so successful? Here’s a clue

Besides wit, style and psychological insight, Christie had the capacity to generate a mood of ‘trustful mistrust’ and deceive her readers in a...

27.05.2026 10

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Gill Plain

Agatha Christie’s mid-century ‘manosphere’ reveals a different kind of dysfunctional male

Instances of male characters’ hatred of women in Christie’s fiction are a long way from the toxic online “manosphere” of today.

04.07.2025 10

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Gill Plain