Elephants Can Remember
About this book
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Elephants Can Remember;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective."The Ravenscrofts didn’t seem that kind of person. They seemed well balanced and placid…" And yet, twelve years earlier, the husband had shot the wife, and then himself — or perhaps it was the other way around, since sets of both of their fingerprints were on the gun, and the gun had fallen between them. The case haunts Ariadne Oliver, who had been a friend of the couple. The famous mystery novelist desires this real-life mystery solved, and calls upon Hercule Poirot to help her do so. Poirot is now a very old man, but his mind is as nimble and as sharp as ever and can still penetrate deep into the shadows. But as Poirot and Mrs Oliver and Superintendent Spence reopen the long-closed case, a startling discovery awaits them. And if memory serves Poirot (and it does!), crime — like history — has a tendency to repeat itself.
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 51485 readers · 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Moderate
What order should I read the canon of Hercule Poirot series?
Read Elephants Can Remember first, then follow the publication order above — The Hollow, then The Mysterious Affair at Styles, then Murder on the Links, then The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, then The Big Four, then The Mystery of the Blue Train, then Peril at End House, then Lord Edgware Dies.
How long does it take to read Elephants Can Remember?
About ≈ 4 h 09 m — 224 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Elephants Can Remember?
224 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Elephants Can Remember?
It sits on the Mystery, Fiction shelves.
Is Elephants Can Remember in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in Elephants Can Remember?
The main characters include Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character).
Where does Elephants Can Remember take place?
It is set in England, Belgium.
Who wrote Elephants Can Remember?
Agatha Christie.
canon of Hercule Poirot — reading order
- → Elephants Can Remember (1969) you are here
- 1 The Hollow
- 2 The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
- 3 Murder on the Links (1923)
- 4 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
- 5 The Big Four (1927)
- 6 The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
- 7 Peril at End House (1932)
- 8 Lord Edgware Dies (1933)