Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party

Amy Lee (The Open University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1969

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Crime and Detective
Novel
Story

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Hallowe’en Party

is the fifth book in which Mrs. Oliver and Poirot appear together. The novel is dedicated to P. G. Wodehouse because, Christie writes, she enjoyed his books and was glad that he enjoyed her books too. This book is the only text in Christie’s corpus in which the word “lesbian” appears. Another special feature is the identity of the victim: it is the second mystery, after

Dead Man’s Folly

, in which a juvenile is a victim.

Mrs. Oliver, the famous detective fiction writer, is invited by her friend, Mrs. Judith Butler, to be a guest at a party organized for school children. She agrees, and goes to The Apple Tree, where the party is to take place, to help with preparation but whilst she is there a girl called Joyce Reynolds comments that the crimes in her novels are

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Citation: Lee, Amy. "Hallowe'en Party". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 February 2003 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4832, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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