What do you think about her writing style? This is your very first exposure to Christie. S: So I have been a fan of Agatha Christie stories since I was a young bunny around your age. Marshmallow is reading Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie. S: And in the one that she claims she could not figure out the mystery, she actually did, but she had a reason not to divulge her reasoning. In almost all of them, everyone else is stumped, and Miss Marple outwits everyone, figuring things out. So the first few stories in the book are told in the setting of a dinner party, where people are sharing mysteries and challenging others to figure them out. M: She is an older lady, who seems like a nice and kind and easily distracted person, but she is extremely smart and insightful. S: So overall, what did you think of Miss Marple? Can you tell us a bit about who she is and what kind of a person she is? And it is named after a scientist, Sir Frederick Grant Banting, who was one of the people who discovered insulin. Apparently it means to diet by not eating things with carbs in them. S: Yes, apparently we do not know every traditional English dish and the usual ingredients for them. For example you and I needed to look up the “ hundreds and thousands” and the trifle that was one of the main plot points in the story “The Tuesday Night Club”. There were a lot of things I did not know about. Christie wrote some of these almost a hundred years ago. S: I guess the language is not contemporary. But reading the stories the second time, I got a lot more, and I really enjoyed them. M: I found the language a bit challenging at first. Marshmallow: At first I found them very confusing. Sprinkles: Marshmallow, you know that I was so happy to find this collection of Miss Marple stories! But I was especially excited to have you read them, too. Marshmallow reviews Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie. Sprinkles, who has been a life-long Christie fan, is asking questions and taking notes. On July 11, 2012, Sobol died from gastric lymphoma at the age of 87.Today Marshmallow reviews Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories, a book that collects together all twenty short stories Agatha Christie wrote featuring her favorite detective, Miss Marple the original dates of the stories range from 1932 to 1961. A fourth child, Glen, died at age 23 in a car accident in 1983. Sobol left behind three children: John, Eric and Diane as well as four grandchildren. Sobol was married to Rose (née Tiplitz) who was both an engineer and author. His manuscripts are stored at the University of Minnesota, in the Kerlan Collection. He also wrote and contributed to magazines under a variety of pen names. In addition to the books he wrote for children, Sobol also wrote a number of nonfiction books on topics ranging from US civil war history to investing. Sobol also penned the non-fiction book True Sea Adventures, published in 1975. Sobol wrote the children's novel Secret Agents Four, in which a group of Miami teenagers attempt to thwart foreign saboteurs. The last book in the series penned by Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme, was published in October 2012, three months after the author's death. In 1975, the Mystery Writers of America honored Sobol and his Encyclopedia Brown series with a Special Edgar Award. Sobol was rejected two dozen times before his first Encyclopedia Brown book was published. Sobol's Encyclopedia Brown titles have never been out of print and have been translated into twelve languages. Encyclopedia Brown books are more juvenile-oriented, often dealing with matters such as pranks or petty theft. In 1963, he started writing the Encyclopedia Brown series, featuring Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, a schoolboy that was an amateur sleuth. It proved very popular and ran for more than ten years. He started writing the syndicated series Two-Minute Mysteries in 1959, starring criminologist Dr. After a brief stint as a buyer at Macy's in New York, he moved to Florida and started writing full-time. In 1949, he started work at the Daily News and remained there for two years. Sobol's career began as a copy boy for the New York Sun, and he eventually worked his way up to reporter. He also attended the New School of Social Research. Following the war, he attended Oberlin College, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He served with the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
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