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The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot.It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 [1] and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January 1921.
In 2020, Christie was commemorated on a £2 coin by the Royal Mint for the first time to mark the centenary of her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. [ 188 ] In 2023 a life-size bronze statue of Christie sitting on a park bench holding a book was unveiled in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
In The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The A.B.C. Murders, Hastings plays a prominent role in the resolution of the mystery, with a casual observation that leads Poirot to the guilty party: In the case of the former, by mentioning that Poirot had to straighten some spill holders and ornaments in Styles, he prompts Poirot to realise that someone ...
Audible has set a star-studded voice cast for an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s debut novel “The Mysterious Affair at Styles,” including Peter Dinklage, Jessica Gunning and Himesh Patel.
Christie wrote them following a suggestion from its editor, Bruce Ingram, who had been impressed with the character of Poirot in The Mysterious Affair at Styles. The stories first appeared in The Sketch as follows: The Affair at the Victory Ball: 7 March 1923 – Issue 1571 (This was Christie's third published short story).
Christie's writing career began during the war, after she was challenged by her sister to write a detective story; she produced The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which was turned down by two publishers before being published in 1920. [4] [7] Following the limited success of the novel, she continued to write and steadily built up a fan base. She ...
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Japp has been depicted in seven novels written by Christie, all featuring Hercule Poirot: [5] The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) The Big Four (1927) Peril at End House (1932) Lord Edgware Dies (1933), also known as Thirteen at Dinner; Death in the Clouds (1935), also known as Death in the Air; The A.B.C. Murders (1936), also known as The ...