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After a year apart Hercule Poirot, now crippled with arthritis, is reunited with his old companion Captain Hastings, who has since become a widower. When they receive a letter from Styles Court, the place where they solved their first murder together, it seems like fate and they readily... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Hercule Poirot: Brilliant, Belgian, and proud of his moustaches, the detective appears in many of Agatha Christie's mystery novels, always with Captain Hastings at his side.
- Captain Arthur Hastings: pouirts best friend
- Judith Hastings: The famous Captain Hastings' daughter is bold and attractive (the latter often causes trouble with her father).
- Norton: a little man
- Sir William Boyd Carrington: a bloody fool
- Barbara Franklin: very unhappy
- Allerton: Add a description of this character.
- Mrs. Luttrell
- Hastings
- Curtiss
- Craven
- John
- Elizabeth Cole
- William
- Georges
- Bill
- Babs
- Mrs. Etherington
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First Sentence edit
WHO is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?
Series & Lists edit
This is book 37 of 39 in Hercule Poirot. (standard series)
Preceded by Poirot's Early Cases.
This is book 62 of 74 in Agatha Christie - Luitingh-Sijthoff pockets. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by Hercule Poirot's Christmas, and followed by The Mousetrap.
This is book 3 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1975. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Moneychangers, and followed by Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Agatha Christie (Author)
Other Contributors:
- G.R. de Bruin (Translator) - Dutch translation of 'Curtain'
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: COLLINS
Country: England
Publication Date: 1975
ISBN: 0002316196
Page Count: 224
Publisher: COLLINS
Country: England
Publication Date: 1975
ISBN: 0002316196
Page Count: 224
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 828'.912
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