It is completely unimportant... That is why it is so interesting.

Hercule Poirot

Quoted in The Murder of Rogers Ackroyd

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Topic

Clues

Speaker

Hercule Poirot

Author

Agatha Christie

Source

The Murder of Rogers Ackroyd

Medium

Novel

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Christie, Agatha. "Who Killed Ackroyd?" London Evening News, July - Sept. 1925.

Current Citation

Christie, Agatha. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Vintage Books, 2022, ch. 7.

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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