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    A Study Guide for Agatha Christie's "Wasp's Nest"
    A Study Guide for Agatha Christie's "Wasp's Nest"
    A Study Guide for Agatha Christie's "Wasp's Nest"
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    A Study Guide for Agatha Christie's "Wasp's Nest"

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    A Study Guide for Agatha Christie's "Wasp's Nest," 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535842426
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      A Study Guide for Agatha Christie's "Wasp's Nest" - Gale

      11

      Wasps' Nest

      Agatha Christie

      1928

      Introduction

      Agatha Christie's Wasps' Nest, also known by the title The Worst of All, was first published in the periodical Daily Mail in 1928. It is a short mystery story with themes of hatred, revenge, and redemption. These themes are common in many of Christie's mysteries. Wasps' Nest is the only story that Christie ever personally adapted for television, and it was performed live for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1937. The short story was first presented to her American audience in the 1961 collection Double Sin, and Other Stories. It can also be found in the 1974 British volume Poirot's Early Cases, which was released as a Google eBook in 2009.

      Though Christie is critically acclaimed for her mystery novels, the initial reviews of Double Sin, and Other Stories were weak, despite its featuring Christie's beloved detective Hercule Poirot. The character starred in her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and he remained extremely popular with her fans throughout her career. The final Poirot mystery, Curtain, was published in 1975. Poirot is the first literary character to have an obituary printed in the New York Times. Often referred to as the Queen of Crime, Christie helped define a genre, and her work remains popular.

      Author Biography

      Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in 1890 at her family home of Ashfield in Torquay, Devon, England. Her father died in 1901, and she frequently traveled with her mother while they rented the family home. The future author did not have a formal education, but she did study music. She was notoriously shy, however, and could not perform in public. In 1914, she married Archibald Christie, a colonel in the Royal Flying Corps. Agatha Christie volunteered at a hospital during World War I, working as a nurse and in the dispensary. While studying for her Apothecaries Hall Examination, she learned a great deal about medications and poisons. Her daughter, Rosalind, was born shortly after the war in 1919.

      Christie also began her writing career soon

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