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This book is based on Spider's Web by Agatha Christie.
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Description edit
Clarissa, the young wife of a foreign office diplomat, delights in tweaking the sensibilities of her more serious friends by playing a game she calls "supposing"--imagining a difficult situation and finding out how people would respond. But Clarissa's lighthearted game becomes deadly serious... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Rowland Delahaye: The guardian of Clarissa who proves to be very clever and the hero of the story and saves the situation
- Mrs. Clarissa Hailsham Brown: The second wife of Mr. Hailsham Brown and the stepmother of Pippa who loves having fun. She is suffering with the problem of telling lies and when she tells the truth is not believed by anyone!
- Pippa: Add a description of this character.
- Hugo
- Jeremy Warrender
- Henry Hailsham-brown
- Agatha Christie
- Mrs. Elgin
- Oliver Costello
- Miss Peake
- Mr. Jones
- Miranda
- Mr. Birch
- Mr. Blore
- Marsden Wood
- Mr. Sellon
- John
- Sellon
- Kalendorff
First Sentence edit
COPPLESTONE COURT, the elegant, eighteenth-century country home of Henry and Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, set in gently undulating hilly country in Kent, looked especially attractive in the moonlight which illuminated its facade on a clear, chilly evening in March.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Agatha Christie Non-Series Mystery Novels. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles Osborne (Adapter) - Novelised based on the play - Spider's Web.
- Agatha Christie (Playwright) - Wrote the original play - Spider's Web.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0002261987
Page Count: 250
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0002261987
Page Count: 250
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 828'.914
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