Who’s the BEST?

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   Jacqueline4390posted 10 years ago

   Who’s the BEST?
   
   To all my fellow Agatha Christie Fans (whether the book or movies) If Miss Markle and Mr. Poirot were locked in a house together with only the basic of clues—who do you think would solve the case first?
   
   

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   Colin Quartermainposted 10 years ago

   Generally speaking I would say Poirot, as he could use his "little grey cells" to come to a conclusion.
   
   Miss Marple normally solved cases by equating the problem to issues she had seen in daily life in her village.

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   lisavollrathposted 10 years ago

   Hah! I just watched the 11 seasons of Poirot currently on Netflix, and I think he'd easily solve the crime before Miss Marple. Nobody can beat those little grey cells.

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   mactaversposted 10 years ago

   I love Miss Marple, but I'd have to vote for Poirot.  By the way, her name is Miss Marple not Markle.

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      Jacqueline4390posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the spelling ... my bad!

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   Twilight Lawnsposted 10 years ago

   I've read a few Agatha Christie 'Miss Marple' books and honestly, I think they are so badly constructed, without any clues until the denouement, that I couldn't be bothered reading any more, although I like the way the two of the "Detectives" are portrayed on screen.

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   alancaster149posted 10 years ago

   Poirot and Marple are different in character, although the books that feature them were written by the same author. Where they 'join up' is in their treatment of the 'lower orders'.
   Agatha Christie wrote her books between the wars, when British society was still fairly polarised. There were the aristocrats, the well-off and the pushy, the professionals and there were the workers who came cap-in-hand still. Professionals could mingle with the first three, but patronised the last.
   Ms Christie gave away her background in her writing and her deductions were coloured by her background. Aristocrats, the well off/pushy and professionals murdered out of greed or revenge, the under-classes murdered for gain or out of frustration,
   That said, I'd opt for Miss Marple as being more rounded.

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      Jacqueline4390posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      You should enter politics; a lot of words to say ...

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