The Body in the Library with Kate Finnigan
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British journalist Kate Finnigan has been an Agatha Christie fan since childhood, but hasn't re-read any of her favorites in years. She and host Rebecca Thandi Norman discuss the Miss Marple classic The Body in the Library, what it's like to read Christie's work from a feminist perspective, and why Miss Marple is such a subversie character. Follow Kate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katefinnigan__/ Read "There's a Dead Body in My Library": Crime Fiction Texts and the History of Libraries by Rachel Franks https://www.academia.edu/19490985/_There_s_a_dead_body_in_my_library_crime_fiction_texts_and_the_history_of_libraries Next episode we're reading Five Little Pigs: https://bookshop.org/a/87919/9780062073570 Have feedback for us? We'd love to hear from you! Email [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram at @teaandmurder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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