... the time. Agatha Christie is a key proponent of Golden Age crime fiction - often referred to as the mother of the Golden Age crime-fiction. Her novel - "The Big Four" contains many features of crime-fiction novels of that time. The novel features the protagonist Hercule Poirot, who appears in many of her novels, and details his endeavours to uncover and thwart the ambitions of a global criminal conspiracy, masterminded by four evil geniuses. We can learn from this text that the narrative, like many of the novels at the time, is of the first person, and in this case is narrated by Poirot's companion and aide, Captain Hastings. This first person style is characteristic of the Golden Age era, as it was what was the more common form of story-telling at that time, as well as being an excellent way to offer the tiny insights required for a reader to ...

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