43 pages • 1 hour read
Agatha ChristieA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
“Only some damned foreigner.”
Poirot believes this is how Colonel Arbuthnot views him when they first meet. This animosity toward “foreigners” speaks to the book’s historical context. It was written after WWI, when different European nationalities were unlikely to mingle. It also illuminates the book’s theme of Xenophobic Discrimination.
“Not now. Not now. When it’s all over. When it’s behind us—then—”
Mary Debenham says these words to Colonel Arbuthnot. They foreshadow the murder to come and speak to the intimate link between the two characters. Poirot overhears and will come back to this conversation repeatedly—an early clue that the characters aren’t all who they claim to be (and that their relationships with one another aren’t what they may seem).
“When he passed me in the restaurant, I had a curious impression. It was as though a wild animal—an animal savage, but savage! You understand—had passed me by.”
This is how Poirot describes Mr. Ratchett (Cassetti) when first meeting him. Poirot’s assessment of Cassetti’s character testifies to the detective’s ability to “read” people.
By Agatha Christie
A Murder Is Announced
A Murder Is Announced
Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
A Pocket Full of Rye
A Pocket Full of Rye
Agatha Christie
Crooked House
Crooked House
Agatha Christie
Death On The Nile
Death On The Nile
Agatha Christie
Murder at the Vicarage
Murder at the Vicarage
Agatha Christie
Poirot Investigates
Poirot Investigates
Agatha Christie
The ABC Murders
The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie
The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie
The Pale Horse
The Pale Horse
Agatha Christie
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution
Agatha Christie
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection