Death on the Nile (1937) (edit title/settings)

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• Hercule Poirot: A little French man with a large mustache, the greatest detective in the world (his own words) who is very proud of his little grey cells!
• Jacqueline De Bellefort: Linnet Ridgeway's friend
• Simon Doyle: Linnet Doyle's husband
• Linnet (Ridgeway) Doyle: A young, beautiful, and rich woman used to getting what she wants.
• Joanna Southwood: Linnet Ridgeway's friend
• Andrew Pennington: Linnet's American trustee
• Louise Bourget: Linnet's maid
• Marie Van Schuyler: Known as "Cousin Marie", she is cousin to Cornelia. A wealthy lady from New York
• Cornelia Robson: Cousin to Marie Van Schuyler. Cornelia is brought on the trip to Egypt by Miss Van Schuyler as a companion.
• Tim Allerton: Son of Mrs Allerton and friend of Joanna Southwood
• Mrs. Allerton: Tim's mother
• James Fanthorp: Add a description of this character.
• Mr. Ferguson: A Socialist
• Dr. Bessner
• Miss Bowers: Marie Van Schuyler's companion and nurse.

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• “"That star very bad, sir! That star fall down..."”

  Jacqueline de Bellefort / Egyptian boys

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• ‘How true is the saying that man was forced to invent work in order to escape the strain of having to think.’

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• ‘Give up the past! Turn to the future! What is done is done. Bitterness will not undo it.’

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• How absurd to call youth the time of happiness–youth, the time of greatest vulnerability!

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• ‘Love can be a very frightening thing.’ ‘That is why most great love stories are tragedies.’

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• And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.

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• ‘Tiens, c’est droˆle, c¸a!’

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• You knew that, but, though you hesitated, you did not hold your hand. You stretched it out and, like the rich man in the Bible, you took the poor man’s one ewe lamb.’

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• All three wore the air of superiority assumed by people who are already in a place when studying new arrivals.

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• Such people forget that life and death are the affair of the good God.’

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• ‘Une qui aime et un qui se laisse aimer. Yes, I wonder too.’

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Egypt
• England

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Murder in Mesopotamia, and followed by Dumb Witness.

Preceded by Murder Is Easy, and followed by The Thirteen Problems.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Agatha Christie (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Myra Vreeland (Translator) - Dutch translation of 'Death on the Nile'

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 828'.912

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Christie, Agatha
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › British Detectives
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Wikipedia: "Death on the Nile" on Wikipedia
• Official Agatha Christie website: "Death on the Nile" on the Official Agatha Christie website.

Movie Connections edit see section history

• Death on the Nile (IMDb): 1978. Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.
• Agatha Christie: Poirot - Death on the Nile (IMDb): 12 April 2004 (Season 9, Episode 3)