The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a classic detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot, renowned for its groundbreaking twist ending and major influence on the mystery genre.

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instanceOf crime fiction work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs radio drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
television production ⓘ
author Agatha Christie ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation classic of detective fiction ⓘ
one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels ⓘ
featuresCharacter Caroline Sheppard ⓘ
Dr. James Sheppard ⓘ
Flora Ackroyd ⓘ
Roger Ackroyd ⓘ
featuresDetective Hercule Poirot ⓘ
featuresDetectiveType amateur detective ⓘ
followedBy The Big Four ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ
hasLegacy considered one of the most influential detective novels ⓘ
frequently cited for its groundbreaking twist ending ⓘ
hasNotableFeature innovative solution to the mystery ⓘ
twist ending ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ
hasTheme deception ⓘ
ethics of detection ⓘ
truth and perception ⓘ
influencedGenre detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Detective Fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Hercule Poirot ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
narrator Dr. James Sheppard ⓘ
originalPublicationDate 1926 ⓘ
originalPublisher William Collins, Sons ⓘ
partOfSeries Hercule Poirot series ⓘ
precededBy The Murder on the Links ⓘ
protagonistOccupation private detective ⓘ
publicationYear 1926 ⓘ
publisherCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
setInCountry England ⓘ
setInFictionalVillage King’s Abbot ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ

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Golden Age detective fiction → hasRepresentativeWork → The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ⓘ
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller → notableWork → The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ⓘ
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller → notableWork → The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (radio adaptation source) ⓘ
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The Big Four → precededBy → The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ⓘ
Agatha Christie universe → includesWork → The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ⓘ