![]() ![]() When Agatha grew up and turned into a tall slim blonde. Having nobody to speak to, she talked… to trees in her garden and the imaginary creatures who lived in it. But Agatha didn’t have friends and was often lonely. Later her mother sent her to Paris to take singing lessons. Agatha was a brilliant pupil, she demonstrated excellent abilities in mathematics, logic, and music. ![]() Despite her public shyness, Agatha was adventurous and brave.Īgatha got home education, which was common for the young women during the Victorian era. In 1911, at the age of 21, she went up in an airplane, which was a new invention for that time. At the age of 6, she climbed out the 4th floor window and walked along the foot-wide ledge. Once, at a very young age, she persuaded her brother to go out to sea on a sailboat. Little Agatha was allowed to do what she wanted and she often amazed family with her actions. All her childhood she spent in a large villa on the English seashore. This illness creates a great fear of public places.Ĭhristie was born in an upper class family at Torquay, Devonshire. It is believed that Christie may have suffered from a chronic form of a mental disorder, called agoraphobia. As the guest of honor didn’t appear, the party was a failure. But when the doorman, not knowing her personally, refused to let her in, Agatha Christie just sadly turned away and went home. It was the celebration of the 10th anniversary of her play “The Mousetrap”, which took place in London, in Savoy Hotel. In 1962 she was invited to a party organized in her honor. The incident that happened to her at the age of 72 proves that fact. ![]() Even small audiences made Christie freeze up when playing the piano. She played the piano very well but for the same reason she would never become a professional pianist. When her mother noticed this strange peculiarity of her daughter’s character, she tried to get her into music. ![]() In her childhood Agatha Christie was kind of slow-witted and hardly could express her feelings. By nature Agatha Christie was a very shy and reserved person and only close people could understand her complex personality. It was strange that being so famous, she didn’t like it, on the contrary she avoided publicity and never gave speeches in public. But what kind of person was she? If you ask yourself this question, read the biography of Agatha Christie and you will get to know some interesting fact about her life and literary career. ![]()
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