Crime Writers And Other Animals (2012)
“He, from the papers I found there, I deduced to have been an academic of some kind. In a miscellaneous pile of documents, I came across the following essay. It seems to have been submitted as part of his doctoral thesis by an American postgraduate student named Osbert Mint. Keen that the fruits of his scholarship should be made available to as wide a readership as possible, I have made strenuous efforts to trace Mr Mint. These efforts have proved – regrettably – to be unsuccessful, and the essay is therefore printed here for the first time without its owner’s permission.
The Literary Antecedents of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot There is a popular misconception in academic circles that the works of Agatha Christie are simply popular jeux d’esprit which have no connection with the mainstream of English literature. This attitude both belittles the quality of the author’s work and also underestimates the wide reading and research which went into the creation of her most famous character.
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