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  1. PIERRE-YVES GAILLARD

    PIERRE-YVES GAILLARD edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Sunday, July 29, 2012.

    • Edited the description of Dr. James Sheppard: The local doctor, a friend of the victims, who insists on helping Poirot solve the case.Alsocase. Also the narrator of the story.
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  2. lizzardego

    lizzardego edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Sunday, January 22, 2012.

    • Added a character: Ursula Bourne: the parlourmaid. Secretly married to Ralph Paton.
    • Added the spoiler-free description of Ursula Bourne: the parlourmaid
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  3. lizzardego

    lizzardego edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Sunday, January 22, 2012.

    • Added a character: Inspector Raglan
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  4. lizzardego

    lizzardego edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Sunday, January 22, 2012.

    • Added a character: Miss Russell: the housekeeper - she was once a very handsome woman
    • marked the description of Miss Russell as not a spoiler
    • Added a character: Parker: the butler
    • marked the description of Parker as not a spoiler
    • Added a character: Geoffrey Raymond: Ackroyd's secretary
    • marked the description of Geoffrey Raymond as not a spoiler
    • Added a character: Mrs. Ackroyd: Flora's mother."She is all chains and teeth and bones."
    • marked the description of Mrs. Ackroyd as not a spoiler
    • Added a character: Hector Blunt: Major. He has shot more wild animals in unlikely places than any man living. A man of medium height, sturdily and rather stockily built. His face is almost mahogany coloured, and is peculiarly expressionless. He has grey eyes that give the impression of always watching something that is happening very far away.
    • marked the description of Hector Blunt as not a spoiler
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  5. lizzardego

    lizzardego edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Sunday, January 22, 2012.

    • Added a character: Mrs. Ferrars: though not in her first youth, was a very attractive widow. Murdered.
    • Added the spoiler-free description of Mrs. Ferrars: though not in her first youth, was a very attractive widow.
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    • Added a character: Roger Ackroyd: the owner of Fernly Park. An immensely successful manufacturer. He is a man nearly fifty years of age, rubicund of face and genial of manner. Murdered.
    • Added the spoiler-free description of Roger Ackroyd: the owner of Fernly Park. An immensely successful manufacturer. He is a man nearly fifty years of age, rubicund of face and genial of manner.
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  6. Alice

    Alice edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Sunday, November 20, 2011.

    • Edited the description of Ralph Paton: The victim's ne'er-do-well stepson, who has made huge plundersblunders with money and is also chief suspect for his step-father's murder.
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  7. edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Thursday, September 29, 2011.

    • Edited the description of Hercule Poirot: The egotisticalA retired Belgian detective, displaced by the war to England. He is a friend of Lieutenant Hastings. A short man, no more than five feet four inches tall, he moved with "great dignity." His head is "egg-shaped" and "he always perched it a little on one side." He has a mustache that is "stiff and military." He is particularly fastidious in regards to his appearance and is a "dandy." He walks with a limp (presumably a war wound). He is one of the most "well-celebrated" members of the Belgian detective who can't resist coming out ofpolice force and is in retirement forat the saketime of his grey cells of his brain.the story.
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  8. NILE

    NILE edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Saturday, September 3, 2011.

    • Edited the description of Hercule Poirot: The egotistical little Belgian detective who can't resist coming out of retirement.retirement for the sake of his grey cells of his brain.
    • Edited the description of Dr. James Sheppard: The local doctor, a friend of the victim,victims, who insists onhelpingon helping Poirot solve the case.case.Also the narrator of the story.
    • Edited the description of Caroline Sheppard: The doctor's gossipy sister, who keeps house for him. IfitIf anything happens in their village, she already knows about it.
    • Edited the description of Ralph Paton: The victim's ne'er-do-well stepson, who's down onwho has made huge plunders with money and is also chief suspect for his luckas usual.step-father's murder.
    • Edited the description of Flora Ackroyd: Niece to the murdered man, Roger Ackroyd always hoped she would marry Ralph and settle himdown.himdown. She is the one who actually convinced the detective to come out of his retirement.
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  9. Viviana

    Viviana edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Sunday, May 1, 2011.

    • Edited the description of Hercule Poirot: The egotistical little Belgian detective who can't resistcomingresist coming out of retirement.
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  10. Shelfari

    Shelfari edited the characters of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Tuesday, October 12, 2010.

    • Edited the description of Hercule Poirot: The egotistical little Belgian detective who can't resistcomingresistcoming out of retirement.
    • Edited the description of Dr. James Sheppard: The local doctor, a friend of the victim, who insists onhelpingonhelping Poirot solve the case.
    • Edited the description of Caroline Sheppard: The doctor's gossipy sister, who keeps house for him. IfitIfit happens in their village, she knows about it.
    • Edited the description of Ralph Paton: The victim's ne'er-do-well stepson, who's down on his luckasluckas usual.
    • Edited the description of Flora Ackroyd: Niece to the murdered man, Roger Ackroyd always hoped she would marry Ralph and settle himdown.himdown.
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