Agatha Christie
The Body in the Library
It is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in February 1942.
Plot:
The Bantry couple are awakened in the morning by excited servants - a maid has found the corpse of a young blonde woman in evening dress in the library. The deceased is not known to anyone in the house, how she got there is unclear. Mrs. Bantry invites Miss Marple in, expecting her to find a clue.
In addition, the police find a burned-out car, stolen from the hotel on the night of Ruby's death, and in the car - the charred corpse of a girl. From her belongings she is identified as high school student Pamela Reeves, who disappeared the same day during a trip with friends in London.
The Bantry couple are awakened in the morning by excited servants - a maid has found the corpse of a young blonde woman in evening dress in the library. The deceased is not known to anyone in the house, how she got there is unclear. Mrs. Bantry invites Miss Marple in, expecting her to find a clue.
In addition, the police find a burned-out car, stolen from the hotel on the night of Ruby's death, and in the car - the charred corpse of a girl. From her belongings she is identified as high school student Pamela Reeves, who disappeared the same day during a trip with friends in London.
Problematic:
The motive for the crime was greed and envy, the girls were murdered in cold blood because one of them was to receive an inheritance. The author spins this problem and shows what secrets and distress can lead to.
The motive for the crime was greed and envy, the girls were murdered in cold blood because one of them was to receive an inheritance. The author spins this problem and shows what secrets and distress can lead to.
Topic & issues:
1. Greed
2. Envy
Characters:
1. Miss Marple
Peculiarities of text composition & genre features:
As in the rest of Agatha Christie's works, the narrative in this novel is linear, step by step we learn about the murder, it is investigated and then solved. It is noteworthy that the protagonist Miss Marple does not appear that often in the novel, most of the action takes place without her participation, but she appears in all the important moments for the plot twist.
As in the rest of Agatha Christie's works, the narrative in this novel is linear, step by step we learn about the murder, it is investigated and then solved. It is noteworthy that the protagonist Miss Marple does not appear that often in the novel, most of the action takes place without her participation, but she appears in all the important moments for the plot twist.
Genre features:
As is typical for the detective genre, there is a crime, one detective and one murderer. The cast of characters is traditional, the number of suspects is limited. Another feature is the ordinariness of the environment: the action takes place not in a fictional, but in the real world, among ordinary people. All the information is revealed at the end of the book, readers are not left without answers.
As is typical for the detective genre, there is a crime, one detective and one murderer. The cast of characters is traditional, the number of suspects is limited. Another feature is the ordinariness of the environment: the action takes place not in a fictional, but in the real world, among ordinary people. All the information is revealed at the end of the book, readers are not left without answers.
