Unfinished Portrait (novel)
Unfinished Portrait is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons in March 1934 and in the US by Doubleday later in the same year. The British edition retailed for seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. It is the second of six novels Christie wrote under the pen name Mary Westmacott.
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