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A Study Guide for Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
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A Study Guide for Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution" - Gale
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The Witness for the Prosecution
Agatha Christie
1925
Introduction
The Witness for the Prosecution
(1925) contains many of the qualities that make Agatha Christie's mystery fiction successful: a scandalous murder; an elaborate plot in which even the most basic truths are not what they seem; and a twist ending that both capitalizes upon and tweaks the rules by which crime fiction authors are expected to play. However, it is also unique among her more famous works for several reasons. For one, it does not feature one of her trademark literary detectives like Hercule Poirot, but instead focuses on a lawyer who does not appear in any of her other stories. Secondly, the murder has already occurred, and the police have already arrested a solid suspect. Finally, there appear to be no other viable suspects for the crime.
The story can be found in The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, published by St.Martin's in 2001. It concerns a lawyer named Mayherne who represents Leonard Vole, a man accused of murdering a wealthy widow named Emily French. The evidence against Vole is compelling, but he claims to have a solid alibi for the time of the murder—he was with his beloved wife, Romaine. However, when Mayherne questions Romaine, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than he hoped it would be.
Although the story is regarded as one of the author's better shortworks, it did not achieve great renown until the author adapted it for the stage in 1953. The play, which followed the story fairly closely until the end, was a success in London and on Broadway, and Christie herself considered it one of her best works for the stage. Filmmaker Billy Wilder turned the play into a movie in 1957, and it was nominated for six Academy Awards. The film version of The Witness for the Prosecution
is considered by critics and audiences alike to be a classic courtroom drama.
Author Biography
Christie was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in Torquay, England, on September 15, 1890. Her father died when she was just eleven. Her sister Margaret—also known as Madge—and her brother Monty were each at least ten years older than she, so Agatha spent much of her time with her mother. She attended school irregularly, but learned a great deal at home and developed an early love of literature. Her sister Madge was a successful short-story writer. Her stories were published in Vanity Fair. It was Madge who first introduced Agatha to the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle.
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