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general outlook and layout: 18 chapters
publication year: February 1942
15th September 1890 / 12th January 1976
other books: Murder on the Orient Express. Murder on the Orient Express. / Endless night, endless night / Death Comes as the End. Death Comes as the End
FLAT CHARACTER: Colonel Bantry: old man, owns a library, quiet “he’s such a dear old stupid that he’d never believe people would think things like that about him” (p.216)
FLAT CHARACTER: Mrs. Bantry: old lady, likes gossip, sociable, kind: “because you’re so indiscreet. You would go around telling everyone – or if you didn’t, you’d hint” (p.214)
FLAT CHARACTER: Adelaide Jefferson : Conway Jefferson’s daughter-in-law, peaceful, loving person “had the power of creating a restful atmosphere. She was a woman who never seemed to say anything remarkable but who succeeded in stimulating other people to talk and setting them at their ease.” (p.77)
FLAT CHARACTER: Conway Jefferson: a magnate and disabled man, carrying and loving person “he’s a dear- a perfect dear.” (l.69)
tone: curious, pensive: "Thought she looked anxious and upset she was not, the Colonel decided, particulary grief-stricken" (p.47)