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.
Agatha Christie's most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious tr
The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie's 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world's favourite. 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an i
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.
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.
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...
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.
Agatha Christie''s ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried ''wee wee wee'' all the way home. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can''t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind...
- 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 world-famous serial killer mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. There''s a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim''s corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place. Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Churston, there seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until he makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans...
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
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.
A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra... Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he''d overheard back in Jerusalem: ''You see, don''t you, that she''s got to be killed?'' Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he''d ever met...
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...
Agatha Christie''s most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover to tie in with the highly anticipated 2020 film adaptation. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ''I''d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.'' Yet in this exotic setting'' nothing is ever quite what it seems...
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.
Agatha Christie''s ingenious murder mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. 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. But within hours, Miss Pinkerton had been killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Mere coincidence? Luke was inclined to think so - until he read in The Times of the unexpected demise of Dr Humbleby...
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.
