33 pages 1 hour read

Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

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Essay Topics

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What are Arthur and Poirot’s experiences of WWI, and how do they differ from the other characters’ experiences? Does the war play a part in the plot? Why or why not?

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Why does the novel make readers distrust Alfred Inglethorp from the beginning? Does this make the revelation that he is the murderer more or less surprising? Why?

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What are Arthur’s strengths and weaknesses as a narrator? Why does the novel feature a narrator with weak spots?