The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Level 5, B2+ (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers), [Cover may vary] - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007451563 ISBN 13: 9780007451562

Publisher: Collins, 2012

Synopsis

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2).

Each reader includes:

• Audio with a reading of the adapted story
• Helpful notes on characters
• Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot
• A glossary of the more difficult words

Roger Ackroyd is a man who knows too much.

He knows the woman he loved poisoned her first husband. He knows someone was blackmailing her – and now he knows she killed herself.

When Roger Ackroyd is found murdered, the famous Belgian
detective, Hercule Poirot, is called in to find out who the killer is.

About this title

About the Author

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007451563
• ISBN 13: 9780007451562
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128