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* RippedFromTheHeadlines / RealLifeWritesThePlot: Agatha Christie first got the idea for this novel after seeing a highly talented vaudeville artiste, who in her show portrayed a range of characters ranging from five to fifty, of both genders and over a dozen varied walks of life. Christie basically started wondering 'if this woman can do all that, what else could she do - could she impersonate someone specific?'. Plot Ensued.
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* BeneathSuspicion: Jane was at a party with twelve distinguished friends. [[spoiler:Only she wasn't; Carlotta was impersonating her.]]
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The 1985 film moved the setting to the 80s, making the motive for the murder much less plausible, because [[spoiler:in the liberated 80s it is harder to believe that the Catholic Duke of Merton would avoid marrying a divorced woman than in the conservative 30s.]] The dominance of glamorous society by aristocrats, and Jane's determination to establish herself with them, is also a bit less convincing at that later date than in the 1930s.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The David Suchet adaptation opens with a theater production in which Jane Wilkinson is playing [[spoiler:LadyMacbeth.]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: the ruby-encrusted box with Carlotta's initials on it and the inscription about Paris.]]
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* RefugeInAudacity: The murderer openly visits Lord Edgware's house [[spoiler:''as herself'', knowing that the word of the servants will be worthless against that of the twelve distinguished friends at the dinner where Carlotta is impersonating her.]]
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* RefugeInAudacity: The murderer openly visits Lord Edgware's house [[spoiler:''as herself'', knowing that the word of the servants will be worthless against that of the twelve distinguished friends at the dinner where Carlotta is impersonating her.]]her]].
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* WomanScorned: A male version: [[spoiler: Poirot initially speculates that, after Jane rejected Bryan Martin for the Duke of Merton, Bryan committed the murder for the purposes of framing Jane and getting her hanged]].
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* EpilogueLetter: The story ends with one written by the killer to Poirot before [[spoiler:her]] execution.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: [[spoiler:Lady Edgeware hires an actress to impersonate her at a dinner party while she kills her husband, then kills the actress later. During the murder she takes great care to be seen by those in the household, though she purposely acts strangely. At first it seems apparent she's the killer, till all the party guests give her an alibi. When the actress's dead body is found, it appears that the killer hired the actress to commit the murder and frame Lady Edgeware.]]
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* ActingForTwo: Faye Dunaway plays both [[spoiler:Jane Wilkinson]] and Carlotta Adams in the Ustinov version.
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* MotiveRant: A surprisingly [[spoiler:civil and friendly one is posthumously delivered to Poirot.]]
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* ActingForTwo: Faye Dunaway plays both [[spoiler:Jane Wilkinson]] and Carlotta Adams in the Ustinov version.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The Duke of Merton comes across more pleasantly in the David Suchet adaptation.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded. Donald Ross says that he rose first, [[spoiler: and Hastings remembers this when Ross is murdered]]. However, Poirot points out that that isn't strictly true; Ross might have gotten up first at the end of dinner, but actually Jane rose first when she went to answer the HarassingPhoneCall. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]]
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, party (in fact, the American title of this novel is ''Thirteen At Dinner''), and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded. Donald Ross says that he rose first, [[spoiler: and Hastings remembers this when Ross is murdered]]. However, Poirot points out that that isn't strictly true; Ross might have gotten up first at the end of dinner, but actually Jane rose first when she went to answer the HarassingPhoneCall. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]]
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* RefugeInAudacity: The murderer openly visits Lord Edgware's house [[spoiler:''as herself'', knowing that the word of the servants will be worthless against that of the twelve distinguished friends at the dinner where Carlotta is impersonating her.]]
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When the 4th Baron Lord Edgware is murdered, the primary suspect is his estranged wife, the talented actress Jane Wilkinson, who wanted to marry the Duke of Merton, and whom Lord Edgware's servants swear they saw entering his house. However, Jane spent the whole evening at a high-profile dinner party with twelve distinguished people, after having found out from Poirot that her husband had sent her a letter granting her a divorce - a letter that she did not receive. If Jane did not kill her husband, who did?
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When the 4th fourth Baron Lord Edgware is murdered, the primary suspect is his estranged wife, the talented actress Jane Wilkinson, who wanted to marry the Duke of Merton, and whom Lord Edgware's servants swear they saw entering his house. However, Jane spent the whole evening at a high-profile dinner party with twelve distinguished people, after having found out from Poirot that her husband had sent her a letter granting her a divorce - -- a letter that she did not receive. If Jane did not kill her husband, who did?
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* INeverGotAnyLetters: Jane never received the letter from Lord Edgware agreeing to divorce, leading Poirot to speculate that a third party intercepted it. [[spoiler:Turns out she lied about never receiving it.]]
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* MotiveRant: A suprisingly [[spoiler:civil and friendly one is posthumously delivered to Poirot.]]
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** Maybe, maybe not. [[spoiler: It's mentioned that Merton was old-fashioned even for his time, and that he belonged more in the 1630s than the 1930s. Even in the 30s, the fact that he wouldn't want to marry a divorced woman was unusual enough that it took Poirot a while to realize that Jane still had a motive. It's not unreasonable to assume that his beliefs would be just as out-of-time if he'd been born in the 80s.]]
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** [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: Poor [[spoiler:Carlotta]].
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Jane is pretty open about this being her philosophy in life; she believes that everyone, everywhere ought to be working to make her happy. She really doesn't care about the damage she might do to other people. [[spoiler: And in the Epilogue Letter, says she thinks it was mean of Poirot to have her arrested for doing what she needed to do to be happy merely because that resulted in the murders of three people]].
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* BeneathSuspicion: [[spoiler:Jane was at a party with twelve distinguished friends. Only she wasn't; Carlotta was impersonating her.]]
* [[spoiler:BlackWidow: Jane.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The David Suchet adaptation opens with a theater production in which Jane Wilkinson is playing [[spoiler:LadyMacbeth.]]
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* MarketBasedTitle: Was originally published in the United States as ''Thirteen ''[[ThirteenIsUnlucky Thirteen at Dinner''.Dinner]]''.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded.[[note]] The original US edition of the book was even called ''Thirteen at Dinner''.[[/note]] Donald Ross says that he rose first, [[spoiler: and Hastings remembers this when Ross is murdered]]. However, Poirot points out that that isn't strictly true; Ross might have gotten up first at the end of dinner, but actually Jane rose first when she went to answer the HarassingPhoneCall. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]]
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded.[[note]] The original US edition of the book was even called ''Thirteen at Dinner''.[[/note]] Donald Ross says that he rose first, [[spoiler: and Hastings remembers this when Ross is murdered]]. However, Poirot points out that that isn't strictly true; Ross might have gotten up first at the end of dinner, but actually Jane rose first when she went to answer the HarassingPhoneCall. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]]
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The 1985 film moved the setting to the 80s, making the motive for the murder much less plausible, because [[spoiler:in the liberated 80s it is harder to believe that the Catholic Duke of Merton would avoid marrying a divorced woman than in the conservative 30s.]]
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded. [[note]] The original US edition of the book was even called ''Thirteen at Dinner''.[[/note]] Donald Ross says that he rose first, [[spoiler: and Hastings remembers this when Ross is murdered]]. However, Poirot points out that that isn't strictly true; Ross might have gotten up first at the end of dinner, but actually Jane rose first when she went to answer the HarassingPhoneCall. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]]
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** Pretty much all references to [[spoiler: the city of Paris]]. As it turns out, the only reference to [[spoiler: Pairs]] that means anything is the reference to [[spoiler: the prince of Troy from Greek mythology and the fact that Jane didn't know who he was]].
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** Pretty much all references to [[spoiler: the city of Paris]]. As it turns out, the only reference to [[spoiler: Pairs]] Paris]] that means anything is the reference to [[spoiler: the prince of Troy from Greek mythology and the fact that Jane didn't know who he was]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the first scene of the David Suchet adaptation, [[spoiler:Jane Wilkinson plays Lady Macbeth.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the first scene of the The David Suchet adaptation, [[spoiler:Jane adaptation opens with a theater production in which Jane Wilkinson plays Lady Macbeth.is playing [[spoiler:LadyMacbeth.]]
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The German translation altered the plot point where [[spoiler:the killer tears an "s" off the corner of a letter to change "she" into "he" to make it look like a man was being written about]], because this would not work in German. It was replaced by [[spoiler:the tearing of an uppercase "J" (signifying "Jane") to turn it into a lowercase "j" (signifying "jemand", German for "someone"). The only problem with this is that a "j" is not gender-specific and does not justify the characters thinking that it must have been a man]].
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The German translation of the book altered the plot point where [[spoiler:the the killer tears [[spoiler:tears an "s" off the corner of a letter to change "she" into "he" to make it look like a man was being written about]], because this would not work in German. It was replaced by [[spoiler:the tearing of an uppercase "J" (signifying "Jane") to turn it into a lowercase "j" (signifying "jemand", German for "someone"). The only problem with this is that a "j" is not gender-specific and does not justify the characters thinking that it must have been a man]].
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* WomanScorned: A male version: [[spoiler: Poirot initially speculates that, after Jane rejected Bryan Martin for the Duke of Merton, Bryan committed the murder for the purposes of framing Jane and getting her hanged]].
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* Foreshadowing: In the first scene of the David Suchet adaptation, [[spoiler:Jane Wilkinson plays Lady Macbeth.]]
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** Pretty much all references to [[spoiler: the city of Paris]]. As it turns out, the only reference to [[spoiler: Pairs]] that means anything is the reference to [[spoiler: the prince of Troy from Greek mythology and the fact that Jane didn't know who he was]].
** Pretty much all references to [[spoiler: the city of Paris]]. As it turns out, the only reference to [[spoiler: Pairs]] that means anything is the reference to [[spoiler: the prince of Troy from Greek mythology and the fact that Jane didn't know who he was]].
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded. It is Jane who rises first. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]]
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded. It Donald Ross says that he rose first, [[spoiler: and Hastings remembers this when Ross is murdered]]. However, Poirot points out that that isn't strictly true; Ross might have gotten up first at the end of dinner, but actually Jane who rises first.rose first when she went to answer the HarassingPhoneCall. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]] ]]
* TitleDrop: Reginald makes one, while mockingly describing the case against himself. "Nephew quarrels with Lord Edgware, that very night Lord Edgware Dies." He immidiately {{Lampshades}} this by pointing out "Lord Edgware Dies" would make a great name for a book.
* TitleDrop: Reginald makes one, while mockingly describing the case against himself. "Nephew quarrels with Lord Edgware, that very night Lord Edgware Dies." He immidiately {{Lampshades}} this by pointing out "Lord Edgware Dies" would make a great name for a book.
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* WomanScorned: A male version: [[spoiler: Poirot initially speculates that, after Jane rejected Bryan Martin for the Duke of Merton, Bryan committed the murder for the purposes of framing Jane and getting her hanged]].
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* INeverGotAnyLetters: Jane never received the letter from Lord Edgware agreeing to divorce, leading Poirot to speculate that a third party intercepted it. [[spoiler:Turns out she lied about never receiving it.]]
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* [[spoiler:BlackWidow: Jane.]]
* EpilogueLetter: The story ends with one written by the killer to Poirot before [[spoiler:her]] execution.
* Foreshadowing: In the first scene of the David Suchet adaptation, [[spoiler:Jane Wilkinson plays Lady Macbeth.]]
* HarassingPhoneCall: Jane receives one at the dinner party. [[spoiler:It is really Carlotta impersonating Jane who takes the call, and ''Jane herself'' made it, to ascertain whether the impersonation worked.]]
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* INeverGotAnyLetters: Jane never received the letter from Lord Edgware agreeing to divorce, leading Poirot to speculate that a third party intercepted it. [[spoiler:Turns out she lied about never receiving it.]]
* INeverGotAnyLetters: Jane never received the letter from Lord Edgware agreeing to divorce, leading Poirot to speculate that a third party intercepted it. [[spoiler:Turns out she lied about never receiving it.]]
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded. It is Jane who rises first. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]]
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Thirteen people are at that dinner party, and the superstition that ill luck will befall the first to rise is lampshaded. It is Jane who rises first. [[spoiler:Only it is really Carlotta impersonating her, and she dies that night.]]
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* AssholeVictim
* BeneathSuspicion
[[spoiler:BlackWidow]]
* BlackWidow
* BlondesAreEvil
* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler:Subverted and exploited by Jane.]]
* FemmeFatale
* [[spoiler:FramingTheGuiltyParty:]] Types 2 and 3.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Poor [[spoiler:Donald Ross]].
* IdentityImpersonator: [[spoiler: Carlotta is paid by Jane to impersonate her]].
* MotiveRant: A suprisingly [[spoiler:civil and friendly one is posthumously delivered to Poirot.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverOneMurder]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Jane]] after the slip-up about [[spoiler:Paris]].
* PublicExecution
* SummationGathering
TheWatson* TheWatson: Hastings.
* BeneathSuspicion
* BlondesAreEvil
* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler:Subverted and exploited by Jane.]]
* FemmeFatale
* [[spoiler:FramingTheGuiltyParty:]] Types 2 and 3.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Poor [[spoiler:Donald Ross]].
* IdentityImpersonator: [[spoiler: Carlotta is paid by Jane to impersonate her]].
* MotiveRant: A suprisingly [[spoiler:civil and friendly one is posthumously delivered to Poirot.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverOneMurder]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Jane]] after the slip-up about [[spoiler:Paris]].
* PublicExecution
* SummationGathering
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A novel by Creator/AgathaChristie published in 1933, featuring HerculePoirot.
When the 4th Baron Lord Edgware is murdered, the primary suspect is his estranged wife, the talented actress Jane Wilkinson, who wanted to marry the Duke of Merton, and whom Lord Edgware's servants swear they saw entering his house. However, Jane spent the whole evening at a high-profile dinner party with twelve distinguished people, after having found out from Poirot that her husband had sent her a letter granting her a divorce - a letter that she did not receive. If Jane did not kill her husband, who did?
Lord Edgware Dies contains examples of the following tropes:
AssholeVictim
BeneathSuspicion
[[spoiler:BlackWidow]]
[[spoiler:FramingTheGuiltyParty:]] Types 2 and 3.
HeKnowsTooMuch: Poor [[spoiler:Donald Ross]].
IdentityImpersonator: [[spoiler: Carlotta is paid by Jane to impersonate her]].
[[spoiler:NeverOneMurder]]
PublicExecution
SummationGathering
TheWatson
When the 4th Baron Lord Edgware is murdered, the primary suspect is his estranged wife, the talented actress Jane Wilkinson, who wanted to marry the Duke of Merton, and whom Lord Edgware's servants swear they saw entering his house. However, Jane spent the whole evening at a high-profile dinner party with twelve distinguished people, after having found out from Poirot that her husband had sent her a letter granting her a divorce - a letter that she did not receive. If Jane did not kill her husband, who did?
Lord Edgware Dies contains examples of the following tropes:
AssholeVictim
BeneathSuspicion
[[spoiler:BlackWidow]]
[[spoiler:FramingTheGuiltyParty:]] Types 2 and 3.
HeKnowsTooMuch: Poor [[spoiler:Donald Ross]].
IdentityImpersonator: [[spoiler: Carlotta is paid by Jane to impersonate her]].
[[spoiler:NeverOneMurder]]
PublicExecution
SummationGathering
TheWatson
