Five Little Pigs
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Five Little Pigs is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in May 1942 under the title Murder in Retrospect and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1943. The UK first edition carries a copyright date of 1942 and retailed at eight shillings while the US edition was priced at $2.00.
Dust-jacket illustration of the US (true first) edition with alternative title. See Publication history (below) for UK first edition jacket image with original title.
Hope by George Frederic Watts
Dustjacket illustration of the UK First Edition (Book was first published in the US)
Hercule Poirot
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Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays, and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.
A statuette of Poirot in Ellezelles, Belgium
Albert Finney as Poirot in the 1974 film, Murder on the Orient Express
Peter Ustinov as Poirot in a 1982 adaptation of the novel Evil Under the Sun
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