The Mysterious Affair at Styles (book)

  • Also Known As: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot Mystery 1)
  • Type: Novel
  • Length: 209 pages

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a 1920 novel by English mystery writer Agatha Christie. - AsNotedIn




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1916/00/00 Agatha Christie Author While volunteering in a makeshift Torquay hospital dispensary during World War I, Agatha Christie begins writing "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". The Town Hall Torquay
1919/00/00 Agatha Christie's "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is rejected by six publishing companies, including Hodder and Stoughton and Methuen, retail cost is $2.00.
1920/10/00 Agatha Christie Author "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie is published by John Lane in the United States.
1920/10/00 Inspector Japp Police Detective "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie is published by John Lane in the United States.
1920/10/00 Arthur Hastings Associate Private Detective "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie is published by John Lane in the United States.
1920/10/00 Hercule Poirot Private Detective "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie is published by John Lane in the United States.
1921/01/21 The Bodley Head Publisher Agatha Christie's "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is published in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head, retailing at 7 shillings and sixpence.

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Particulars for The Mysterious Affair at Styles (book):
Art Type Book a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
Crime Crime
Narrative Arts Detective a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes.
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Structure French Window, French Door a pair of casement windows extending to the floor in an outside wall, serving as a window and door
Narrative Arts Locked Room Mystery crime is committed where it was seemingly impossible for the perpetrator to commit the crime in the course of getting in and out of the crime scene
Narrative Arts Murder the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
Narrative Arts Mystery something not understood or beyond understanding
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Art Type Novel long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Narrative Arts Scotland Yard Detectives



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