“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) A sort of mind mapping has been done, for this end, so as to put forth the writers’ hits and misses. The preceding paper purports to draw a comparative analysis between the two characters, study their characteristics and explore their methods concerning deductive logic. Agatha Christie, a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, who is best remembered for her crime fictions, did have the skills of weaving mystery fiction, but she lacked novelty. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a physician and writer, had the knowledge and imagination, critical and creative ability to prune and craft the choicest mystery fictions in the form of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Every child and adult alike read them with equal pleasure, enjoy immersing themselves in their diverse mysteries and wrack their brains trying to conjecture the source of the trouble, i.e. INTRODUCTION: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle(1859-1930) and Agatha Christie(1890-1976) are names synonymous with crime fiction. KEY WORDS: Holmes, Poirot, idiosyncrasies, analysis, immaculately, timelines, parallels This however, should not be mistaken to believe that the two characters rival each other in any way, as both the characters are distinctly drawn and near immaculately concepted (they also belong to different timelines), so that drawing parallels between them would be a gross error and folly. The present paper endeavours to dwell upon the eccentricities and idiosyncrasies of the two most beloved detectives of London, so as to make a comparative analysis between the two finest crime solvers of all time, and judge them by their own measure. Till date, their most memorable characters Holmes and Poirot, reign over the hearts of readers all over the world. Published in Ashvamegh: Issue XI: December 2015ĪBSTRACT: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie are master spinsters of crime fiction. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE’S SHERLOCK HOLMES and AGATHA CHRISTIE’S HERCULE POIROT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSISīy – Puja Chakraborty (Editorial Contributions)
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