The fictional country of Herzoslovakia makes a return appearance in the short story The Stymphalean Birds which was first published in the April 1940 issue of the Strand Magazine and later appeared in the 1947 collection The Labours of Hercules. A murder occurs in the house, beginning a week of fast-paced events with police among the guests. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.Īt the request of George Lomax, Lord Caterham reluctantly agrees to host a weekend party at his home, Chimneys. It introduces the characters of Superintendent Battle and Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent. On that account, this non-thesis proposes to look at the " Whydunit " rather than the by now exhausted "Whodunit." Consequently, using the psychological approach to literature, this study investigates the "why" of the murders committed rather than the "who." The intention of this study is to mark a revival of interest in this now-forgotten writer.The Secret of Chimneys is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in June 1925 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. Henceforth, the psychological consciousness of the culprit and the hidden motives behind his serial crimes need to be deeply analyzed.
This mystery fiction is saliently known for its nursery rhyme crime in which a murderer follows in his crime a popular and traditional song. One of her most famous whodunit novels is A Pocket Full of Rye (1953). Her intricate plots deserve serious recognition. Christie breached the conventional rules of the genre by introducing puzzle-like plots.
Christie has developed the whodunit genre through her stunning plots in which she had made it possible for anyone to commit a crime a sweet son or daughter, a dear husband, and even a gentle-looking grandmother.
Her influence on the golden age of the crime mystery is highly considered due to her innovative creativity and improvement of the classic whodunit stories. Accordingly, the present study proposes to examine a novel by the queen of crime fiction, Agatha Christie (1890-1976). In fact, twenty-first century statistics show that the most sold novels are detective fiction. It dates as far back as the earliest crime fiction of Thomas Skinner Sturr's anonymous Richmond in 1827, up to the present. Crime fiction is a very popular genre that is worthy of exploration and analysis.
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