About this book
Written in 1916, during World War I, The Mysterious Affair at Styles is Agatha Christie’s first published novel. The story introduces the author’s world-famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, as well as Lieutenant (later Captain) Hastings and Inspector (later Chief Inspector) Japp. The mystery begins with Poirot settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is killed, Poirot must apply his detective skills to solve the mystery based on a few seemingly random clues. The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will.
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First Edition Identification
After having been rejected by six publishers, John Lane (US) produced the story in novel form for the first time in October 1920. (The Mysterious Affair at Styles had previously been serialized in the UK’s The Times in February of that year.) The first edition of the novel has a hardcover with 296 pages. Beneath the dustjacket illustrated by Alfred James Dewey, the book is covered in pale brown cloth with dark green lettering on the upper cover and spine.
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- Title The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Author Agatha Christie
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 235
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York
- Date 1985-10-31
- ISBN 9780396087038 / 0396087035
- Weight 2.5 lbs (1.13 kg)
- Reading level 770
- Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators - England - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 85004424
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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