![]() ![]() When Agatha was five the family’s investments in America were suffering and, in order to economise, they rented out Ashfield and spent some time in France. People not being who they seem went on to play a part in her later stories. When at home, Madge would often spend time with her little sister making up scenarios about frightening characters, and Agatha had a recurring nightmare about a terrifying ‘Gunman’. With her brother and sister away at school Agatha was used to amusing herself, inventing imaginary friends, playing with her animals and writing poems. Where did Agatha’s creativity come from? Clara’s made-up tales certainly fuelled her vivid imagination, and she absorbed the children’s stories of the time including Edith Nesbit ( The Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Railway Children) and Louisa M Alcott ( Little Women) as well as poetry and thrillers from America. ![]() Clara, who was an excellent storyteller, did not want Agatha to learn to read until she was eight but Agatha, bored and as the only child at home, taught herself to read by the age of five. What made Agatha’s upbringing unusual, even for the time, was that she was home-schooled by Frederick in those early years. ![]()
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