Crooked House: B2 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0008262357 ISBN 13: 9780008262358

Publisher: Collins, 2018

Synopsis

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000 – 26,000 words. Each book includes:· Full reading of the adapted version available for free online· Helpful notes on characters· Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot· A glossary of the more difficult words· Free online resources for students and teachers atwww.collinselt.com/readers The plot:The Leonides family live together in a large and crooked house in a wealthy London suburb. When the elderly millionaire Aristide Leonides is murdered with a fatal injection,the family reluctantly suspect his glamorous, young second wife.Charles Hayward, who is engaged to the late millionaire’s granddaughter, observes the family closely and makes a terrible and shocking discovery... About Collins ELT Readers Collins ELT Readers are divided into 4 levels:Level 1 – elementary (A2)Level 2 – pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 – intermediate (B1)Level 4 – upper intermediate (B2) Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.

About this title

About the Author:

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Review:

Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best. --Agatha Christie

Her sleight of hand is impeccable. --New Statesman (UK)

We all go where [Agatha Christie] led; you can track us in her snow. --Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe MysteriesReginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe MysteriesReginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries

Knock-out! --Saturday Review of Literature

"Her sleight of hand is impeccable."--New Statesman (UK)

"Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best."--Agatha Christie

"We all go where [Agatha Christie] led; you can track us in her snow."--Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe MysteriesReginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe MysteriesReginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries

"Knock-out!"--Saturday Review of Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0008262357
• ISBN 13: 9780008262358
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 122