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Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
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Plot Summary of Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
"Agatha Christy had an amazing life and was an amazing women. She lived life happily and in return is known as a best selling author, who has traveled the world, experienced a dig, and grew up through the two world wars."
Jolene, Resident Scholar

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Plot
job/profession: - writer
Job/profession/poverty story Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - long lived adults
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - British
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 (a tremendous amount)
Century: - 18th century

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel? - in awe
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - decency - war
Unusual Style: - a lot of play on words - a lot of flashback and forwards - a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject: - neutral
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - A lot 11-15 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 0-25% of book
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