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The Mysterious Affair at Styles(斯泰尔斯庄园奇案)

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Styles was Christie's first published novel and introduced Hercule Poirot. She once complained in her autobiography that if she could foresee her career as a writer would last for such a long time, she would not make Poirot an old man. Christie wrote the book in 1916, inspired by the days when she volunteered in a hospital during the First World War. She was turned down by 6 publishing house, and finally Bodley Head agreed to publish it but under harsh terms: the royalties were payed to her after 2000 copies were sold. Christie got only 25 pounds from her first novel. (斯泰尔斯庄园奇案:斯泰尔斯庄园奇案是阿加莎•克里斯蒂的处女作,也是大侦探赫尔克里•波洛 (Hercule Poirot) 第一次出场。后来阿加莎•克里斯蒂曾在自传里抱怨,如果她知道她的写作生涯会延续这么长,她就不会将波洛设计得如此老了。本书写作于1916年,灵感源自于阿加莎•克里斯蒂一战时在医院做志愿者时的经历。写成后曾辗转投给6家出版社,均被拒。最后终于由Bodley Head 出版社接下,但出版条件十分苛刻,需售出2000册后才可以得到版税分成,最后本书共售出2000册,于是阿加莎•克里斯蒂从自己的处女作里只拿到了25英镑的杂志连载权收入。)


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Publisher: China Intercontinental Press Edition: 1

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Styles was Christie's first published novel and introduced Hercule Poirot. She once complained in her autobiography that if she could foresee her career as a writer would last for such a long time, she would not make Poirot an old man. Christie wrote the book in 1916, inspired by the days when she volunteered in a hospital during the First World War. She was turned down by 6 publishing house, and finally Bodley Head agreed to publish it but under harsh terms: the royalties were payed to her after 2000 copies were sold. Christie got only 25 pounds from her first novel. (斯泰尔斯庄园奇案:斯泰尔斯庄园奇案是阿加莎•克里斯蒂的处女作,也是大侦探赫尔克里•波洛 (Hercule Poirot) 第一次出场。后来阿加莎•克里斯蒂曾在自传里抱怨,如果她知道她的写作生涯会延续这么长,她就不会将波洛设计得如此老了。本书写作于1916年,灵感源自于阿加莎•克里斯蒂一战时在医院做志愿者时的经历。写成后曾辗转投给6家出版社,均被拒。最后终于由Bodley Head 出版社接下,但出版条件十分苛刻,需售出2000册后才可以得到版税分成,最后本书共售出2000册,于是阿加莎•克里斯蒂从自己的处女作里只拿到了25英镑的杂志连载权收入。)


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