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Favorite Poirot character only

detectivepauljohn 29 Oct 08 at 8:09 a.m. GMT

I know that you'll say Poirot or his friends Hastings, Oliver etc. Please Don't include them. Just tell me your favorite character only. For example, your favorite character is Rosamund Darnley(Evil Under the Sun).

Mine is: Mrs Allerton in "Death On the Nile"

How about you?

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rossana 16 Nov 11 at 9:05 a.m. GMT

Elinor Carlisle in "Sad Cypress" and Angela Warren in "Five Little Pigs".

LadyMary 15 Nov 11 at 6:54 p.m. GMT

Henrietta Savernake  in The Hollow.  Henrietta is in love with John, but still loves her friend and relative Gerda.  Does everything she can to protect the killer out of loyalty to the victim.  How interesting is that!!!?

MrOwen 15 Nov 11 at 11:34 a.m. GMT

Bob the dog in the Dumb Wittness. He's such a clever little dog and it breaks my heart when Poirot leaves him at the end and they both look into each others eyes

LauraPoirot 01 Aug 11 at 6:33 p.m. GMT

Doctor James Shephard, Lucy and Midge Angkatell. Alaxander Bonaparte Cust, Mrs Lorrimer... well, there're much more but at the moment I can't think of them all... Even if I'm not allowed to name him: Hercule Poirot is the best Charakter ever!

ErkutSoyer 22 Jul 11 at 8:53 p.m. GMT

1-Caroline Sheppard (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd)

2-Henrietta Savernake (The Hollow)-(I've just finished it)

3-Mr. Clancy (Death in the Clouds)

4-Doctor James Sheppard (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd)

RubyKeene 09 Nov 10 at 9:54 p.m. GMT

My favourites are mrs Lorrimer and Caroline Sheppard.

I am among the few who find many of the female Christie characters extremely annoying and unlikeable. Like the beforementioned Henrietta. And Dulcie Duveen, Megan (from Moving finger) Lucy Eyelsbarrow, Jaqueline Belfort, Frances Derwent, and the worst of them all: Mary in Sad cypress.

I dont like feisty, smug women. Or men.

emilytrefusis 27 Oct 10 at 10:20 a.m. GMT

1 Linnet Ridgeway (Death on the Nile)

2 Alexander Bonaparte Cust (The ABC Murders)

3 Dr Shepard (The Murder of R Ack)

4 Cynthia Murdoch (The Mysterious Affair)

5 Nick Buckley (Peril at End House)

6 Angela Warren (Five Little Pigs)

7 Dulcie Duveen (Murder on the Links)

sundyk 18 Oct 10 at 1:55 p.m. GMT

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Ioanna

I couldn't agree more!Maybe it's because Agatha herself portrays them in a fine,detailed way.Because of the charm there is in ''dark''characters I would choose either Nigel Chapman from Hickory Dickory Dock(I was really disappointed when he turned out to be a murderer)or David Hunter from Taken At The Flood;a clever,reckless,charming character.

As for Inspector Japp,he is one of my favourites!I totally love his subtly comical dialogues with Poirot!

God, how could I forget David Hunter? Wasn't that a total dissapointment, how the book ended? Such a charming character, plus a really hot guy in the movie...

Ioanna 18 Oct 10 at 1:31 p.m. GMT

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I couldn't agree more!Maybe it's because Agatha herself portrays them in a fine,detailed way.Because of the charm there is in ''dark''characters I would choose either Nigel Chapman from Hickory Dickory Dock(I was really disappointed when he turned out to be a murderer)or David Hunter from Taken At The Flood;a clever,reckless,charming character.

As for Inspector Japp,he is one of my favourites!I totally love his subtly comical dialogues with Poirot!

sundyk 18 Oct 10 at 7:43 a.m. GMT

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I guess one would say I've got the knack for picking out the murderer as the character I like quite often (not that that's ever helped me realize who the murderer is)!

So, I'm betwween Dr. Sheppard from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (the very first Christie novel I read) and Nigel Chapman from Hickory Dickory Dock.

Off course, were I allowed to pick him, I would say, other than my beloved Hastings, Inspector Japp! But I guess that, since he's a recurring character, he's not included...

knottyceltic 10 Oct 10 at 6:24 p.m. GMT

Sympathy, yes...I can see that in some characters.

Lone_Wolf 10 Oct 10 at 4:47 a.m. GMT

"I still wonder why".

Because you consider him/her to be interesting, or well written, maybe delivering a powerful message. Sometimes it's possible to still have some sympathy even for a murderer.

knottyceltic 10 Oct 10 at 4:28 a.m. GMT

You're right Lone Wolf.  It is possible to have a destestable character as a favourite.

I still wonder why.

Lone_Wolf 09 Oct 10 at 3:40 a.m. GMT

Don't really understand what's so detestable in Henrietta, but "favourite character" doesn't always mean "the most morally wholesome character". It could be just a character who you think is well written. One of my favourite Christie characters is a murderer who committed a pretty heinous crime.

knottyceltic 09 Oct 10 at 1:42 a.m. GMT

Cicely, I'm interested to know what it is in Henrietta that makes her your favourite.  I find Henrietta quite detestable myself.

Cicely 08 Oct 10 at 4:28 p.m. GMT

Henrietta Savernake!  (The Hollow)

PeterJKH 07 Oct 10 at 2:33 p.m. GMT

I am fond of Vera Rossakov, the Russian countess.

HeiseiHolmes 25 Jan 10 at 6:16 p.m. GMT

Ahh... Cornelia from Death on the Nile. She's such a nice person, and I love how she shouts at that stupid guy who wants to marry her.

MzLemon 23 Jan 10 at 12:36 a.m. GMT

Superintendent Harold Spence.....ONLY after he was portrayed by the dashing Richard Hope!

Nofret 07 Jan 10 at 11:21 a.m. GMT

It has to be Victoria Jones from They Came to Baghdad. I wos brung up a workin class gurl, so I was surprised and delighted, after all those Dukes, Lords and Honorables, to find someone I could really relate to, a girl with no inherited wealth who had to work for her living!

(As I think I've mentioned elsewhere I tend to despise the likes of Elinor Carlisle and Theresa Arundell as decorative but useless parasites!)

In fairness, Christie only felt comfortable writing about the society with which she was most familiar, and, of course, it is fascinating to get an insight into country house parties, tiny villages, foreign travel, etc. The only dispute I would have about this totally believable portrayal of a girl from a different class is WHY OH WHY didn't Christie use her again? And again!!!!!