Ariadne with Hastings, Japp, and Ms Lemon?

CA_Christie_Fan — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:40:40 +0000

I really enjoy Ariadne's perspective and the way she plays off of Hercule Poirot; but I feel a mystery is incomplete if Japp, Hastings, and Miss Lemon are not involved...Does anyone know if all 4 ever appear in a story (Ariadne, Hastings, Japp, Miss Lemon)?

Is Ariadne Oliver similar to Agatha Christie?

siddharthSatpathy — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:42:41 +0000

Does anybody else feel that Christie created the character of Ariadne Oliver in her own image? For Ex: Poirot is a Belgian while Ms Oliver's Character is a Finn....

A Underestimated Detective?

SeaSnap — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:26:15 +0000

Post here if you like Ariadne Oliver!

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glalonzo0408 — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 01:37:55 +0000

Just watched this movie...I never saw or read this story. Wow...truly liked this movie.....did you?

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Rounak Ghosh — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:32:46 +0000

It’s not the best Agatha Christie book I’ve read, but I found it entertaining, if rather repetitive and predictable – I worked out the mystery quite easily. Celia’s parents, apparently a happily married couple, were found shot dead on a cliff top – apparently as a result of a suicide pact. Some twelve to fifteen years later Mrs Burton-Cox, concerned that Celia is about to marry her son, approaches Mrs Ariadne Oliver, the mystery novelist, at a literary luncheon and asks the question – who killed whom? As Ariadne is Celia’s godmother she is curious and starts investigating, enlisting the help of Hercule Poirot.

The mystery is unraveled by Poirot and Ariadne by talking to the people who knew the couple and comparing their stories. Mrs Oliver interviews several elderly witnesses who she describes as “elephants” because they can remember certain incidents from the past. Much hinges on memory and interpretation of the events, highlighting the unreliable nature of witnesses and their memories, and the brilliance of Poirot in getting to the truth.

In my opinion it would have better if it were shorter and more concise, but then this was Agatha Christie’s last Poirot mystery, published in 1972 when she was in her eighties!I did like the comments Ariadne makes about the relationship between authors and their readers, but as I put the book back on the hotel’s bookshelf I can’t give any quotes! This is only the second book I've read featuring Mrs Oliver, but occurs to me that Agatha Christie was using her to express her own views on writing and her reaction to her readers. Ariadne doesn't like “literary lunches” and is shy about talking to people about her books, especially disliking those who simply gush and tell her how wonderful her books are.

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Ariadne with Hastings, Japp, and Ms Lemon?

Is Ariadne Oliver similar to Agatha Christie?

A Underestimated Detective?

ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER

ELEPHANTS DO REMEMBER