At Home With Agatha Christie
<p>It's hard to imagine that such a quaint holiday home in Devon was where Agatha Christie dreamt up such macabre and violent ends for her characters.</p> <p></p>
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The editor and writer Christopher Bollen visited Agatha Christie's holiday home in Devon. As well as his brilliant essay, Bollen took these pictures of the rooms and objects in Christie's house.
Christie's family photos on her Steinway grand piano in the drawing room.
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The upstairs bedroom closet, still holding the author’s dresses and coats.
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The dining room where Christie hosted family dinners and loved to eat.
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A display of some of Christie’s rare first editions.
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The author memorialized as good-natured murderer on a book in the library.
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The front hall with Christie’s eclectic mix of exotic and familial artifacts.
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A portable Remington typewriter that belonged to Christie’s husband, archeologist Max Mallowan.
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Christie’s vacation home, the Georgian mansion Greenway, on the River Dart.
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