... governess. To express hertpar feelings as a child she started playing music and, later in life,tpar riting. In the first orld ar she orked as a nurse. She as marriedtpar tice, the first marriage as divorced, because her husband fell intpar love ith another oman. Her first detective novel The Mysterioustpar Affair at Styles as published in 1920. The leading actor as Herculetpar Poirot, a retired Belgian police officer, ho also featured more thantpar 30 other novels. Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster, as anothertpar famous character in telve novels. All together she rote 66 novels,tpar numerous short stories and screenplays, and a series of romantictpar novels. Agatha sold over to billion copies of her books and istpar therefor the orlds best selling author. Her ork has been translatedtpar into more than a hundred languages. She alays tried to avoid thetpar public eye, hich became more difficult as her fame gre. In 1971 shetpar achieved Britains highest honour, hen she as made a Dame of thetpar British Empire. Her last novel as ritten in 1973, hen she as 82tpar years old. She died 1976 in Berkshire, England.tpar tpar tpar tpar II. Content of the noveltpar The novel N or M ritten in 1941, taking place during the secondtpar orld ar, is about a couple called Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, hotpar are called by the British Secret Service to capture one of Hitlerstpar most dangerous agents, either called N or M. The action takes place intpar a boarding house at a seaside resort in South England. Under thetpar pseudonym Mr. Meados Tommy and Mrs. Blenkensop Tuppencetpar pretending not to kno each other, they try to find out, by the helptpar of long conversations ith the other guests and by many rumours hichtpar are spread round, ho acts normal and doesnt pretend to be anothertpar person and ho is an undercover agent. The majority of the gueststpar suspect a German refugee and the proprietness of the house Mrs.tpar Perenna to be spies. But those prejudices change, hen a strangetpar oman appears, kidnapping a baby also guest ith its mother calledtpar Mrs. Sprot and then, after a chase, gets shot by the babys mother,tpar hich seems quite strange to Tuppence. So her attention turns to Mrs.tpar Sprot. By accident Tommy finds out, that a houseoner called Haydock,tpar ho lives nearby, is a spy. Haydock lets Tommy capture and locks himtpar up in his cellar. Later, to leave no tracks behind, the thieves anttpar to thro Tom over board from a ship on high sea. No Tuppence is alonetpar ith her job to do. An old friend of the couple called Albert comes totpar help them. Albert discovers Tommy in the cellar, but, because oftpar tactical reasons to catch the spies red-handed, leaves him there andtpar observes the place. Tuppence too runs into a trap set by Haydock,tpar because he expects that Tuppence knos too much about his ork.tpar Haydock threatens Tuppence ith a eapon to tell him the truth andtpar dares to shoot her, but a friend, ho folloed her, shoots Haydocktpar first. By a stroke of genius Tuppence clears up one mystery aftertpar another and the spies ,,N and M are locked up.tpar tpar tpar III. Major aspecttpar tpar a Characterisation of the major actors and actressestpar tpar Thomas Beresford alias Mr. Meadoestpar The first part of the elderly husband-and-ife team is Thomas or Tommytpar Beresford. He does often talk about the good old times, hen he astpar younger and had a job. It is hard to realize for him, that he istpar getting middle-aged, but hen he is offered this ne job, his self-tpar confidence gets strengthend. Tommy is an amateur in this field, buttpar this is really needed.tpar tpar Prudence Tuppence Beresford alias Mrs. Blenkensoptpar Like Tommy Tuppence ants to do something else than only knitting intpar her free time. She is clever by having three pseudonym sons, becausetpar she thinks And I rather fancy the sons may come in useful. p.22.tpar Another smart quality of hers is to observe peoples faces hentpar talking about spies or Fifth Columnists. She also keeps a cool headtpar hen the baby is kidnapped e must put ourselves in their places.tpar p.126. She does the major ork in this novel.tpar tpar tpar Mrs. Perennatpar The proprietress of the boarding house Sans Souci is Mrs. Perenna. Fortpar Tom she is ...,quite a handsome oman in her ay. p.16. Not totpar attrac attention she changed her name to Perenna to start a ne life,tpar because her husband as shot as a traitor. Oning a boarding house istpar a good camouflage for her. Mrs. Perenna does not ant the police attpar her house The police Theyll be no good. p.124. She is afraid oftpar being imprisoned, because She as mixed up in some I.R.A.tpar activities,... p.224.tpar tpar tpar Major Bletchleytpar For Commander Haydock Bletchley is a painfully prosaic chap - typicaltpar Army. Bit set in his ideas ..., an Army life... p.148 and that istpar totally true. He ould die for his country and ants to intern alltpar refugees ho come to ,,his country. After telling a joke Tom findstpar out, that a sense of humour is not Bletchleys strong suit compare totpar p. 26. He speaks out boldly hat he thinks ,,The fair idos annoyedtpar about it. Thought shed got her hooks into him. p.166 and for thistpar statement gets bleated by Mrs. Minton.tpar tpar Mr. Carl von Deinimtpar Deinim is a young man, very stiff, fair-haired and has got blue eyes.tpar He orks in a chemical research laboratory and because he is a refugeetpar from Germany he arouses attention in this time of ar at Sans Souci.tpar Bletchley thinks that he is suspicious and a Nazi, because he is not atpar Je and came to England just a month before the ar broke out. Mr.tpar Grant friend of the former Chief of the Intelligence is alsotpar interested in him, but finds out, that Deinim is exactly hat he saystpar he is. At the end of the novel Deinim clears up, that he is not Carltpar von Deinim. He ... took his name for reasons of my on. p. 229tpar tpar tpar Mr. and Mrs. Cayleytpar The marriage of the middle-aged couple is like a dictatorship. Mrs.tpar Cayley is like a ,,servant ho does everything for her husband. Ittpar seems that she has no other aim in life than to minister Mr. Cayley.tpar Bletchley calls him... a kind of alking chemists shop. p.40 andtpar for Tom Mr. Cayley seems to be... a genuine hypochondrical invalid.tpar p.45. Mr. Cayley stays at Sans Souci for absolute relaxation, buttpar that is impossible for him, because Mrs. Sprots baby is too loud.tpar tpar Sheila Perennatpar The Mrs. Perennas daughter ...s an attractive girl... p.42, buttpar sometimes a little bit queer, because she hardly speaks to anyone.tpar Also Tom discovers her attraction and vitality. She as the kind oftpar gin, that a man might easily lose his head over. p.57. Sheila hatestpar the ar and the connected patriotism. She loves Carl von Deinim and istpar very upset hen he is locked up because he is suspected of being atpar spy.tpar tpar Strange oman alias Vanda Polonskatpar Vanda is a penn...
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