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The Conventions of Detective Fiction, or Why We Like Detective Novels: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
Anafora, 2018 Detective fiction has been immensely popular among readers for decades. This paper answers the questions of who the readers of this genre are and what makes detective stories so attractive for them. The first part of the paper discusses why the so-called contemplatives are especially fond of detective fiction, which is often read as escapist literature,
Sanja Matković
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Detecting Genius: Exploring the Methods and Minds of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot
Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and HumanitiesSir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie are renowned for their mastery in crafting crime fiction. Holmes and Poirot, their most enduring characters, continue to hold a special place in the hearts of readers globally. This article aims to delve into the quirks and unique characteristics of these two beloved London detectives.
R Sudha, J S Jabin Nisha
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Hercule Poirot, foreigners and traveling in the works by Agatha Christie
Studia Humanitatis, 2023 The author is looking for an answer of the question how there was born an idea in a number of works by Agatha Christie. The article provides examples that were not mentioned earlier, showing the connection of the novelist’s work with episodes from her ...
Bogatyrev Arseniy Vladimirovich
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The occultist Hercule Poirot: Jules de Grandin and the end of a weird era
Matraga - Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da UERJO OCULTISTA HERCULE POIROT: JULES DE GRANDIN E O FIM DE UMA ERA ESTRANHA Weird Tales é uma revista pulp com enorme publicação na primeira década do século XX nos Estados Unidos da América, lançando nomes internacionalmente conhecidos, como H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch e August Derleth.
Vanessa Cianconi
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A Hercule Poirot of clinical research [PDF]
Gastric Cancer, 2015 J. Sakamoto
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Embedding Hercule Poirot in Networks: Addressing Inefficiencies in Digital Forensic Investigations
Interacción, 2007 Forensic investigations on networks are not scalable in terms of time and money [1]. Those investigations that do occur consume months of attention from the very experts who should be investing in more productive activities, like designing and improving network performance [1].
Barbara Endicott-Popovsky +1 more
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Lever le rideau sur Hercule Poirot quitte la scène : Agatha Christie à la lumière de Pierre Bayard
Premier symposium de critique policière. Autour de Pierre Bayard, 2017 Legend has it that the secret that Agatha Christie initially planned to reveal from beyond the grave was that of Poirot's guilt as the murderer in his last case. Written during the Second World War, Curtain was finally published in 1975, the year before Christie died. The secret that came out, however, served to silence others. Following the quest for (
Alistair Rolls
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Hercule Poirot in John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga
Notes and Queries, 2020 J. Rosenblum
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An Atmosphere of Malaise: Failures of Detection in Friedrich Glauser's Matto regiert (1936)
The German Quarterly, Volume 94, Issue 1, Page 99-115, Winter 2021., 2021 Friedrich Glauser's Motto regiert (1936) tells a story with parabolic qualities: Sergeant Studer must investigate a murder that has taken place in a Swiss psychiatric clinic. The social and political issues that are roiling Europe in the years leading up to World War Two find condensed expression in this microcosm.
Martin Rosenstock
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