![]() Marie Benedict posits a theory about what happened and why, however, one that pivots on point of view.īenedict relays her story through dual, and dueling, locutions. She never mentioned those eleven days again. In real life, Agatha Christie never explained the reason(s) for her disappearance. Neele, the name of her husband’s mistress. Victim of foul play? Suffering from amnesia? Or the orchestrator of her own misadventure to draw attention to herself? To her fiction? To her uncomfortable personal circumstances? In real life, as in this novel, Agatha Christie resurfaced at an elegant British spa, registered as Mrs. Frantic searches ensued, accompanied by imagined reasons for her disappearance. For eleven days in 1926, Agatha Christie actually disappeared. The frame of The Mystery of Agatha Christie is real. She also offers an extended riff on point of view, particularly as adjudicated by the British mystery novelist who is writing both as Agatha Christie the writer and Agatha Christie the actor in her own personal drama. Benedict takes a factual event from Agatha Christie’s life, fictionalizes it, and tells her tale through two quite distinct voices. Christie, demonstrates for the reader how very important point of view is to our understanding of both facts and fiction. Marie Benedict’s novel, The Mystery of Mrs. Christie One historical event, two points of view. ![]()
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