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What is the source of this poem/song Captain Hastings quotes in Agatha Christie's "The Market Basing Mystery"?
Agatha Christie's short story "The Market Basing Mystery," narrated by Hercule Poirot's companion Captain Arthur Hastings, includes the following:
"This is the life," said Japp. &...
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Why was "The Love Detectives" not included in Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Mr Quin?
Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Mr Quin, first published in April 1930, included 11 short stories that had appeared in various British and American magazines between March 1924 and October 1929. ...
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Was Agatha Christie's short story "Magnolia Blossom" inspired by Ibsen?
In both incident and theme, Agatha Christie's short story "Magnolia Blossom" has several parallels with Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. In Christie's story, Theodora Darrell is on the point ...
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What is the source of this quote within Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Mr Quin?
In Agatha Christie's short story "The Face of Helen," Mr Satterthwaite sees an extremely beautiful young woman named Gillian West. His first impression is that she ranks with legends such as ...
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Why did he die in "Philomel Cottage"?
"Philomel Cottage" is a short story by Agatha Christie which was recently identified as the answer to a story-ID question on our site. After seeing it there, I read the story in full - it's only 10 ...
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