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(1890–1976),

novelist: b. and brought up in Torquay; disappears to Harrogate; d. Wallingford; buried in Cholsey. The Mousetrap 1952, The 4.50 from Paddington 1957, At Bertram's Hotel 1965.

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Christie, Dame Agatha (1890–1976)
in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English Length: 517 words
Christie, Dame Agatha (1890–1976)
in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) Length: 236 words
Christie, Dame Agatha (1890–1976)
in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3) Length: 177 words
Christie, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa (1891–1976)
in World Encyclopedia Length: 77 words

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