![]() ![]() ![]() For instance, in Mrs McGinty's Dead, Mrs Oliver talks of having made the blowpipe a foot long (30 cm) in one of her novels, whereas the actual length is something like four-and-a-half feet ( 1 + 1⁄ 2 yards (140 cm)) – the same mistake Christie made in Death in the Clouds. The self-caricature has also been used to discuss Christie's own follies in her earlier novels. In many of her appearances, Oliver – and her feelings toward Hjerson – reflect Agatha Christie's own frustrations as an author, particularly with the Belgian Hercule Poirot (an example of self-insertion). Since she knows nothing of Finland, Oliver frequently laments Hjerson's existence. In the books, Oliver's most famous works are those featuring her vegetarian Finnish detective Sven Hjerson. She is particularly fond of apples, which becomes a plot point in the novel Hallowe'en Party. She often claims to be endowed with particular "feminine intuition", but it usually leads her astray. Mrs Oliver often assists Poirot in his cases through her knowledge of the criminal mind. She is a mystery novelist and a friend of Hercule Poirot. Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie. ![]()
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