Have you read any Agatha Christie yet? Because she is extremely awesome and not boring and conventional like you might think. In fact‚ her 1926 novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was so controversial when it came out (due to a twist ending that I’m not going to reveal) that critics were divided and other mystery writers aghast. In this mystery a widow has apparently committed suicide one year after her husband’s mysterious death. The town doctor confirms the death and later dines with a friend
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General MacArthur one of the ten chosen characters in the book And Then there were None by Agatha Christie . He just like all of the other characters committed a murder. The General was responsible for murdering the man whom his wife was having an affair with. Ever since that day he has gotten shamed for it and is now very alone and has let go of everything. General MacArthur is a guilty‚ vengeful‚ depressed old man who was framed for murder. Around 30 years ago General Macarthur murdered the
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Styles Author- Agatha Christie INDEX 1. Background of the author 2. Characters 3. Plot summary 4. Re-created few pages 5. Review of reviews 6. Legal vocabulary 7. Bibliography 8. Original Pages Background of the author Agatha Christie was born Agatha May Clarissa Miller in Devon‚ England in 1890‚ the youngest of three children in a conservative‚ well-to-do family. Taught at home by a governess and tutors‚ as a child Agatha never attended
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Cameron Dubuc Honors English 12 Mrs. Gail Meeks 15 January 2016 Murder on the Orient Express By: Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express‚ written by Agatha Christie‚ is a murder mystery and a crime fiction novel. The themes to this book are: justice‚ judgement and crime. The most important character in Murder on the Orient Express is Mr. Hercule Poirot. He is a very smart and well respected detective from Belgium. Mr. Bouc‚ owner of the train company in which they were all traveling. Pierre
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2. THE DOUBLE CLUE "But above everything – no publicity‚" said Mr. Marcus Hardman for perhaps the fourteenth time. He repeated the word publicity regularly throughout his conversation. Mr. Hardman was a small man‚ delicately plump‚ with exquisitely manicured hands and a plaintive tenor voice. He was rich‚ but not remarkably so. His hobby was collecting. Old lace‚ old fans‚ antique jewelry were the focus of his interest. Poirot and I‚ obeying Mr. Hardman’s urgent call‚ had arrived at his house. "My
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Hercule Poirot‚ a world renowned Belgian detective on vacation‚ is the protagonist of Agatha Christie’s ‘Evil Under the Sun’. Although the guests initially suspected he was there on business‚ they relaxed afterwards‚ up until Arlena Stuart’s murder. His reputation as a detective‚ solving numerous high profile cases all over the world‚ preceded him and allowed him to conduct his own investigation alongside the local authorities. However complex the crime seems‚ he solves it the same way. “I told you
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Agatha Christie’s novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a detective story where lies and secrets interfere with the investigation. There is a theme embedded in the book that falsehoods and secrecy are derived from the human desire to fit in with society. This idea is seen in multiple ways throughout the story‚ especially in the cases of Flora Ackroyd and Elizabeth Russell. It’s human nature to feel the need to cover up our mistakes in the form of lies. Most of the time these mistakes would be frowned
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Hercule Poirot‚ private detective and retired Belgian police officer‚ boards the Taurus Express train to Stamboul (Istanbul). On the train there are two other passengers‚ Mary Debenham and Colonel Arbuthnot. The two act as if they are strangers‚ but Poirot observes behavior that suggests that they are not. Poirot is suspicious of the couple. The train arrives in Stamboul and Poirot checks in at the Tokatlian Hotel. As soon as Poirot arrives he receives a telegram summoning him back to London. While
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Hercule Poirot plays the part of a private detective and retired Belgian police officer‚ he gets on a Taurus Express train to Stamboul who is caught up in a murder of a man named Ratchett . A piece of paper with the word Armstrong on it helps Poirot figure out who Ratchett really is and why someone would want to murder him. A few years back‚ a man named Cassetti kidnapped a three year old girl‚ named Daisy Armstrong. He collected a ransom from the Armstrong family‚ and killed her. Poirot concludes
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Saint Agatha from 1635-45; the medium used to paint the portrait was oil and tempera on canvas. This devotional image shows the saint contemplating God while tenderly holding the pincers‚ the instruments of her sufferings through which she achieved her sanctity. The way in which the saint is modeled with soft sfumato (an almost invisible rendering of the transitions from light to shade) and emerges from a dark background is characteristic of Furini’s work. Francessco Furini’s piece Saint Agatha is a
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