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Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Agatha Christie Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was a British crime fiction writer. ...


Mrs. Oliver is a mystery novelist and a friend of Hercule Poirot. Mrs. Oliver often assists Poirot in her case through her knowledge of the criminal mind. She often claims to be endowed with particular "feminine intuition," but it usually leads her awry. She is particularly fond of apples, which becomes a plot point in the novel Hallowe'en Party. Crime Fiction, a feature-length independent film slated for release in 2006, tracks the rise and fall of struggling crime novelist James Cooper. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... David Suchet as Poirot Hercule Poirot (pronounced ) is a fictional character, the primary detective of Agatha Christies novels. ... Halloween Party is a 1969 murder mystery by Agatha Christie. ...


In the books, Oliver's most famous works are those featuring her vegetarian Finn detective Sven Hjerson. Since she knows nothing of Finland, Oliver frequently laments Hjerson's existence. In many of her appearances, Oliver - and her feelings toward Hjerson - reflect Agatha Christie's own frustrations as an author, particularly with the Belgian Hercule Poirot (an example of self-insertion). For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ... Sven Hjerson is a fictional fictional character in several books by Agatha Christie. ... Self-insertion is a literary device in which the real author of a work of fiction appears as a character within that fiction, either overtly or in disguise. ...


Mrs. Oliver appears in the novels:

Mrs Oliver also appears in the short story collection Parker Pyne Investigates (1934). Cards on the Table (published in 1936) is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... Mrs. ... Dead Mans Folly is a 1956 detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... The Pale Horse (published in 1961) is a detective novel by Agatha Christie, featuring her novelist-cum-detective Ariadne Oliver. ... Third Girl (published in 1966) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie featuring the detectives Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver. ... Halloween Party is a 1969 murder mystery by Agatha Christie. ... It is a novel about solving a mysterious crime that took place a LONG time ago. ... Parker Pyne Investigates (published in 1934), also known as Mr. ...


Books by Ariadne Oliver and by a number of other fictitious mystery writers are discussed by the characters in the novel The Clocks (1963). The Clocks (published in 1963) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. ...


A 1986 adaptation of Dead Man's Folly starred Jean Stapleton as Ariadne Oliver. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dead Mans Folly is a 1956 detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... Jean Stapleton Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City) is an American actress. ...


In September 2005, it was announced that ZoĆ« Wanamaker is going to play Ariadne Oliver in the television version of Cards on the Table with David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... Zoë Wanamaker (born May 13, 1949) is an American actress who lives and works in the United Kingdom. ... Cards on the Table (published in 1936) is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... David Suchet as Hercule Poirot (foreground) David Suchet (born May 2, 1946) is a British actor best known for his television portrayal of Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot. ... David Suchet as Poirot Hercule Poirot (pronounced ) is a fictional character, the primary detective of Agatha Christies novels. ...



Agatha Christie
Detectives: Hercule Poirot | Miss Marple | Tommy and Tuppence | Ariadne Oliver | Arthur Hastings | Chief Inspector Japp
Novels: The Mysterious Affair at Styles | The Secret Adversary | Murder on the Links | The Man in the Brown Suit | The Secret of Chimneys | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | The Big Four | The Mystery of the Blue Train | The Seven Dials Mystery | The Murder at the Vicarage | The Sittaford Mystery | Peril at End House | Lord Edgware Dies | Murder on the Orient Express | Three Act Tragedy | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Death in the Clouds | The A.B.C. Murders | Murder in Mesopotamia | Cards on the Table | Death on the Nile | Dumb Witness | Appointment with Death | And Then There Were None | Murder is Easy | Hercule Poirot's Christmas | Sad Cypress | Evil Under the Sun | N or M? | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | The Body in the Library | Five Little Pigs | The Moving Finger | Towards Zero | Sparkling Cyanide | Death Comes as the End | The Hollow | Taken at the Flood | Crooked House | A Murder is Announced | They Came to Baghdad | Mrs McGinty's Dead | They Do It with Mirrors | A Pocket Full of Rye | After the Funeral | Hickory Dickory Dock | Destination Unknown | Dead Man's Folly | 4.50 From Paddington | Ordeal by Innocence | Cat Among the Pigeons | The Pale Horse | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | The Clocks | A Caribbean Mystery | At Bertram's Hotel | Third Girl | Endless Night | By The Pricking of My Thumbs | Hallowe'en Party | Passenger to Frankfurt | Nemesis | Elephants Can Remember | Postern of Fate | Curtain | Sleeping Murder
as Mary Westmacott: Giant's Bread | Unfinished Portrait | Absent in the Spring | The Rose and the Yew Tree | A Daughter's a Daughter | The Burden
Short story collections: Poirot Investigates | Partners in Crime | The Mysterious Mr. Quin | The Hound of Death | The Thirteen Problems | Parker Pyne Investigates | The Listerdale Mystery | Murder in the Mews | The Regatta Mystery | The Labours of Hercules | Poirot's Early Cases
Plays: Akhnaton | The Mousetrap | Witness for the Prosecution | Verdict | Rule of Three | Fiddlers Three

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Ariadne Oliver (437 words)
Ariadne Oliver is a successful detective novelist that appears in two short stories (with Parker Pyne in Parker Pyne Investigates) and seven novels (six of them with Hercule Poirot).
Ariadne Oliver is known for her love for apples and her strong belief in woman's intuition.
Oliver is an exaggerated version of Agatha Christie herself (Agatha has shown dislike towards Poirot, her creation, and Agatha was known for eating apples, too).
Ariadne Oliver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (260 words)
Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie.
Oliver is a mystery novelist and a friend of Hercule Poirot.
Oliver often assists Poirot in her case through her knowledge of the criminal mind.
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