An Autobiography
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An Autobiography
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Narrated by:
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Judith Boyd
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Agatha Christie
About this listen
Agatha Christie’s ‘most absorbing mystery’ – her own autobiography.
Over the three decades since her death on 12 January 1976, many of Agatha Christie’s readers and reviewers have maintained that her most compelling book is probably still her least well-known. Her candid Autobiography, written mainly in the 1960s, modestly ignores the fact that Agatha had become the best-selling novelist in history and concentrates on her fascinating private life. From early childhood at the end of the 19th century, through two marriages and two World Wars, and her experiences both as a writer and on archaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan, Agatha shares the details of her varied and sometimes complex life with real passion and openness.
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Critic reviews
“Wonderfully easy to read and engrossing.” (The Times)
“Agatha Christie’s most absorbing mystery – the story of her own unusual life. She has put it all on record: her early romances; a broken (and a happy) marriage; strange events on the path to roaring success.” (Daily Mail)
“A wonderful book – written with a delight in the gradual unfolding of 75 years through the eyes of an exceptional old lady and writer.” (Financial Times)
Christie does little to hide any social/class biases she had, although it is clear that she recognised the significant social changes through which she had lived. After listening to this book I held her in greater esteem than before, not for her writing, but for being true to herself. She came from a ‘comfortable’ background; she knew it and accepted it.
The book also showed Christie as a young and adventurous girl, someone who was a complex mixture of emotions, sometimes thoughtful and reflective, sometimes risk taking. What disappointed me a little was the relatively small amount of prose allocated to her literately work, there are some insightful comments, but they were relatively thin on the ground. Considering how widely travelled she was, the accounts of people rather than places seems to dominate and this, perhaps, is why she was such a successful author. Also, she wrote it looking back as a seventy five year old woman and I suspect that her quite vivid accounts of some parts of her life might actually be more faction than fact, in the sense that a biographer may have undertaken much research, whilst this book is probably what the author has remembered, or thought she remembered.
Finally, Judith Boyd gave Christie a voice that was consistent and measured. I suspect that she captured the manner in which the Author might have read it herself.
If you like biographies and wish to know about Agatha Christie’s full and interesting life then this is a good choice… as long as you are not seeking great insights about her literary works.
Interesting, well-written/well-read autobiography
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Excellent
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I could have carried on listening
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Where does An Autobiography rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
High up the list. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Learned so much about the life of one of my favourite writersWho was your favorite character and why?
Max Mallowan - her 2nd Husband. Had a tremendous influence on her life and clearly his interest in archeology awoke something in Agatha that influenced many of her novels.What about Judith Boyd’s performance did you like?
Clearly read with passion and the right amount of inflection and emotion in the voice. She used different voices for different characters and to good effect. Full marksIf you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
The real woman behind Hercule PoirotAmazing Woman
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very interesting narrator easy to listen to.
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Brilliant!
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Very interesting
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Sublime!
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i enjoyed hearing about the different attitudes in different time, decade and, time of stress and, sorrow.
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They should record it with a better narrator.
I have to put off buying Agatha Christie's "Come, Tell Me How You Live" audiobook as it is also narrated by Judith Boyd.
IT NEEDS A BETTER NARRATOR .
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