Anybody know any classic books, such as Murder on the Orient express by Agatha Christie??

Question

I want to read classics. Anybody know any great classics?? I already read Charles Dickens. I like the age levelof which Christie writes. Plz respond if you have read a book similar to that of Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.

Answer 1

Agatha Christie's novels include many classics of the murder mystery genre including one of her most ingenious plots "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," the first of the Hercule Poirot novels "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," and the last of the Poirot adventures "Curtain."

Other titles you may want to read include the adventures of Christie's Miss Marple, the best of which include "Murder at the Vicarage," "The Body in the Library," "The Mirror Crack'd," "Sleeping Murder," and "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw."

Dorothy L. Sayers is another author of classic English murder mysteries though not of the cozy variety that Christie writes. Start with "Murder Must Advertise" and "The Nine Tailors." Sayers' writing style is a bit more advanced but very enjoyable.

The reference librarian at your local public library can help you with finding other similar titles that you might like to read.

Answer 2

1. One is certainly Poirot himself; I'm not sure which of the others one would consider in that capacity, but it's most likely to be the passenger who does the most in the way of planting clues or the one who masterminded the affair. 2. Well, the working class characters are Foscarelli (former chauffeur), Masterman (former "batman"), Hildegarde Schmidt (German maid), the conductor, and possibly Greta Ohlsson and Hardman. How do they differ from the other characters in matters such as behavior, attitude, and speech? Keep in mind that there will be some differences among them because of their different nationalities and the lives they have led since the experience they shared years ago. 3. Just consider that Ratchett is a murderer who got away with his crime and that there were twelve stab wounds on his body--the number of people on a jury. Now consider the relationship of the other passengers to his crime. How do you put them together? 4. I would say no. Although he did not contribute to Ratchett's death, he accepted the justice of it and pretended (transparently) to think that the reconstruction he had just outlined was only an imaginative fancy and that the murderer (who must have been ambidextrous and must have kept stabbing his victim for some time) had escaped over the snow without leaving any footprints. I hope you have finished the book, and that these answers haven't spoiled it for you by giving away things you haven't read yet!

Answer 3

If you like mysteries and strange murders, you should try Edgar Allan Poe's "Murder on Rue Morgue". It's fantastic! He has more books like that, although most of his books are scratching the thriller style (he wrote his best works while consuming opium).