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by Agatha Christie · 1890–1976
"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie is a detective novel published in 1926. When wealthy Roger Ackroyd is found stabbed in his study, the recently retired Hercule Poirot is called to investigate. The victim had recently learned the identity of a blackmailer from his fiancée, a widow who poisoned her husband. As Poirot unravels a complex web of secrets among the household guests and staff, the novel's narrator, local doctor James Sheppard, chronicles the investigation that leads to one of detective fiction's most controversial and groundbreaking conclusions.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 321 min
- Words
- 70,721
- Chapters
- 64
- Paragraphs
- 3,272
- Price
- Free
- Belgians -- England -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Private investigators -- England -- Fiction
“No, thanks.
„Nein, danke.
I’ll do my own inquiring.
Ich werde selbst nachforschen.
But first of all I want to fix the time a little more clearly.
Aber zunächst möchte ich die Zeit etwas genauer festlegen.
When was Mr. Ackroyd last seen alive?”
Wann wurde Mr. Ackroyd zuletzt lebend gesehen?“
“Probably by me,” I said, “when I left at—let me see—about ten minutes to nine.
„Wahrscheinlich von mir“, sagte ich, „als ich um – lassen Sie mich nachsehen – etwa zehn Minuten vor neun ging.
He told me that he didn’t wish to be disturbed, and I repeated the order to Parker.”
Er sagte mir, dass er nicht gestört werden wolle, und ich gab den Befehl an Parker weiter.“
About the author
Agatha Christie1890–1976
Agatha Christie was an English writer born in 1890 in Torquay and died in 1976 in Winterbrook.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #69087
- Licence
- Public domain in the United States
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