The Mousetrap (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Agatha Christie
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: c.1950
- Setting: Berkshire, England
- Genres: Drama, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Teaching or teachers, Blizzards, Murder or homicide, Mistaken or secret identity, Brothers and sisters, Capital punishment, Child abuse, Mental illness, England or English people, Detectives, Good and evil, Revenge, Hotels, motels, or inns, Judges, Child care
- Locales: Berkshire, England
Characters Discussed
Mollie Ralston, a tall, pretty woman in her late twenties. Having inherited Monkswell Manor from her aunt, she has decided to turn it into a guest house rather than sell it. Some years earlier, she had taught at the school that the Corrigan children attended. Jimmy Corrigan sent her a letter revealing that his foster parents, the Stannings of Longridge Farm, were abusing him, and he pleaded with her to help. Because she fell ill with pneumonia on the very day that the letter arrived, she did not see it until weeks later, by which time Jimmy was dead. A...
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