The clues are plentiful. There is the crushed coffee cup in Mrs. Inglethorp's room, the remains of the cocoa in another cup, the stain on the carpet, the locked despatch case, the thread on the door bolt, the candle grease on the floor, the burned fragments of paper in the fireplace. The police are kept busy with suspects. First, there is Alfred Inglethorp. But his alibi is convincing. Then there is John Cavendish, but the evidence also points to his brother Lawrence. Even Dr. Bauerstein is taken into custody. In the end, of course, it is up to Poirot to use his "little gray cells" to discover the murderer. CHARACTERS Christie's characters are usually well-to-do people. Often the comfortable lifestyle of his characters is undermined by financial problems, which lead to murder. Although her villains use very complicated plans, they are not impossible. Although Christie's writing career spanned over
The clues are plentiful. There is the crushed coffee cup in Mrs. Inglethorp's room, the remains of the cocoa in another cup, the stain on the carpet, the locked despatch case, the thread on the door bolt, the candle grease on the floor, the burned fragments of paper in the fireplace. The police are kept busy with suspects. First, there is Alfred Inglethorp. But his alibi is convincing. Then there is John Cavendish, but the evidence also points to his brother Lawrence. Even Dr. Bauerstein is taken into custody. In the end, of course, it is up to Poirot to use his "little gray cells" to discover the murderer.
incident. That later proved to be a misdirection for the boulder was dislodged, possibly by accident but more likely by Linnet's American lawyer/representative, Mr. Pennington. During the same evening after Linnet has gone to bed, Jacqueline, drunken, shoots Simon in the leg and the pistol is kicked away under a soda and which later appears to be disappeared completely. Still mad, Jacqueline is taken to her room and watched over by Dr. Bessner, an Austrian. Dr. Bessner is awoken and tends to Simon where his wound is dressed. Both of them appear to have perfect alibis when it is discovered that Linnet has been shot in the head and the letter ,J' has been drawn on the wall in order to frame Jacqueline. The investigation concentrates on the pistol, which is found from the Nile wrapped in a bloody handkerchief. Misleadings
Agatha Christie The book: The book was first published in 1942 in the USA, it's first revelation in the UK was in 1943. It is a detective novel with the elderly lady Miss Jane Marple. The book's title is taken from the 51st verse of the Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the poem The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, written in between 1048 and 1131. The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Partners in Crime Agatha Christie About the Author Dame Agatha Christie (15 September 1890 12 January 1976) is the most widely published author of all time. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, Christie wrote eighty novels and short-story collections, nineteen plays and five nonfiction books, including her autobiography. Her most popular characters are the ingenious Belgian Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She achieved Britain's highest honor when she was made a Dame of the British Empire. The Book This book is a short-story collection about two characters who are not as popular as Poirot or Miss Marple. They are Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, a married couple. Tommy works for some kind of a agency which tells them to run a detective agency to catch a Russian spy. Tuppence was delighted because before that she was very bored and she had nothing to do. Before catching the spy they star
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Old Mr. Dashwood is the owner of a large estate in Sussex called Norland Park. Following the death of his sister, Mr. Dashwood invites his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood to come live with him at Norland. The younger Mr. Dashwood brings John Dashwood, his son from a previous marriage, as well as the three daughters born to his present wife. John Dashwood is grown and married, and has a four-year-old son, Harry. When Old Mr. Dashwood dies, he leaves his estate to John and little Harry, who had much endeared himself to the old man. But now John's father, Henry Dashwood, is left with no way of supporting his wife and three daughters, and he too dies one year later, leaving only ten thousand pounds for his family. Just before his death, he makes his son John promise to care for his stepmother and three half-sisters. Mr. John Dashwood initially intends to keep his promise and treat his female relatives generously, but his wife Fanny, a narrow-minded and selfish woman, convinces him to leave them
"Anna Karenina" Lev Tolstoi Part 1 The novel opens with a scene introducing Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky, "Stiva", a Moscow aristocrat and civil servant who has been unfaithful to his wife Darya Alexandrovna, nicknamed "Dolly". Dolly has discovered his affair - with the family's governess - and the house and family are in turmoil. Stiva's affair and his reaction to his wife's distress shows an amorous personality that he cannot seem to suppress. In the midst of the turmoil, Stiva reminds the household that his married sister, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina is coming to visit from Saint Petersburg. Meanwhile, Stiva's childhood friend Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin ("Kostya") arrives in Moscow with the aim of proposing to Dolly's youngest sister Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya, "Kitty". Levin is a passionate, restless but shy aristocratic landowner who, unlike his Moscow friends, chooses to live in the country on his large estate. He discovers that Kitty is also be
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