The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Agatha Christie
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Work: Murder mystery
- Time of Work: The early 1920’s
- Setting: King’s Abbot, an English country village
- Principal Characters: Hercule Poirot, Dr. James Sheppard, Caroline Sheppard, Roger Ackroyd, Ralph Paton, Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd, Flora Ackroyd, Elizabeth Russell, Ursula Bourne, Parker, Geoffrey Raymond
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Suicide, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Rural or country life, Villages, Doctors, 1920’s, England or English people, Blackmail, Upper classes, Detectives, Death or dying, Wills, Truthfulness and falsehood, Theft, Gossip, Private investigators, Debtors or creditors
- Locales: King’s Abbot, England
The Novel
Set in the bucolic English village of King’s Abbot, the novel is narrated by Dr. James Sheppard, physician to the area’s leading residents, one of whom is Roger Ackroyd, a wealthy industrialist. Sheppard is a bachelor who lives with his sister Caroline, an elderly spinster with a bent for gossip. Ackroyd, a widower, lives with his widowed sister-in-law, the penurious yet proud Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd. Her daughter Flora is engaged to marry Ralph Paton, Ackroyd’s penniless and irresponsible stepson.
Shattering the usual calm are two deaths, seemingly connected...
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