After this, the character became the only fictional detective to obtain an obituary on The New York Times’ front page.
Poirot was last seen in the novel titled Curtain, that was released in the year 1975. The first novel to depict the Poirot’s character was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which was published in the year 1920. This also proved to be an acceptable explanation as to why a skilled detective like him remained out of work and had to solve mysteries at a country house in England.Īt the time when author Christie was writing the Poirot novels, showing sympathy for the Belgians was regarded as patriotic. The Belgian nationality was an interesting addition to Poirot’s character because at that time Belgium was occupied by Germany. But, unlike all the other characters, Christie’s Poirot was an outcome of the early development of the popular character in the first book written by the author.Īuthor Christie began writing the first Poirot book in the year 1916 and was finally able to publish it in 1920. This character was first seen in a novel around 10 years before the introduction of Hercule Poirot. On several occasions, Hercule Poirot also resembles the fictional detective created by A.E.W.
Both these characters show a lot of resemblance in relying on their own thinking instead of others’ sayings. Even Conon Doyle has acknowledged that his detective stories were based similar to the fictional character Auguste Dupin.
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Other than these influences, a rather obvious influence for the initial stories in the Hercule Poirot series can be considered to be that of the author Arthur Conan Doyle.Īuthor Christie has stated in one of her interviews that she was still trying to write her books in the tradition of Sherlock Homes. Monsieur was described as a Belgian police officer living a retired life in London. Popeau was created by the author Marie Belloc Lowndes while Monsieur was developed by Frank Howell Evans. It is believed that the name of Hercule Poirot was adopted from a couple of other fictional detectives named Hercule Popeau and Monsieur Poiret. It has been portrayed by some of the popular actors of that time, including Albert Finney, Ian Holm, Alfred Molina, John Moffat, Peter Ustinov, David Suchet, Austin Trevor, Orson Welles, and Tony Randall. The character has also been seen in a few stage plays, movies, as well as a television series. Author Christie featured Hercule Poirot for the last time in a book published in the year 1975. The character has made appearances in more than 30 books and as many as 50 short stores overs the years since he was first introduced in the year 1920.
Poirot is introduced by author Christie as a Belgian detective, who depends more on clues and logic and prefers the conventional ways to solve the mysteries. He is in fact the most famous character among all the others created by the author. Hercule Poirot is one of the well known fictional characters created by the highly successful English author named Agatha Christie. The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan One, Two, Buckle My Shoe / Overdose of Death Hercule Poirot's Christmas / Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas Murder on the Orient Express / Murder in the Calais Coach
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