The mysterious affair at styles
six decades, she was conscious of social change without fixating on the period between the two
World Wars.
Characters:
· Lieutenant Hastings, the narrator, on sick leave from the Western Front.
· Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective displaced by the war to England; Hastings'
old friend
· Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard
· Emily Inglethorp, mistress of Styles, a wealthy old woman, John Cavendish's
stepmother, forceful person, an energetic, autoratic personality.
· Alfred Inglethorp, her much younger new husband.
· John Cavendish, her elder stepson and remainderman to Styles.
· Mary Cavendish, John's wife.
· Lawrence Cavendish, John's younger brother.
· Evelyn Howard, Mrs. Inglethorp's companion.
· Cynthia Murdoch, the beautiful, orphaned daughter of a friend of the family.
· Dr. Bauerstein, a suspicious toxicologist.
· Dorcas, a maid at Styles.
SETTING
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