Elephants Never Forget: Metaphorical elephants in this case, since they are the witnesses whose recollections provide the clues to Poirot.

Zélie can finally live free from the burden of such secret, and Mrs Oliver has found out the truth about her late friend, ending her last appearance in the series on a high note. Desmond has thwarted her stepmother's attempt at disinheriting him, although he forgives her and grants her an adequate sum of money before marrying Celia. Earn Your Happy Ending: After twelve years, Celia finally learns the truth about her parents' death and is finally able to move on.The woman who was shot wasn't Margaret but her deranged twin sister Dorothea. Dead Person Impersonation: Christie was really fond of this trope.Cain and Abel: Dorothea killed Margaret by pushing her off a cliff.Animal Motifs: Elephants, obviously, since they are associated with memory.This work contains examples of the following tropes: Tropes for the adaptation can be found on the series page. The only people she can turn to are the elephants - the witnesses who knew the Ravenscrofts very well - and, of course, her friend Poirot.Įlephants Can Remember received an adaptation in the thirteenth and final season of the television series Poirot in 2013, starring David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker. Despite the weird request, Mrs Oliver is determined to find out the truth.

Since the police was never able to reconstruct the tragic event, Mrs Burton-Cox asks Mrs Oliver to find out whether it was Alistair Ravenscroft who killed his wife Margaret before committing suicide or vice versa. Twelve years before, Celia's parents were found dead, both shot by a revolver that carried only their fingerprints.

First published in 1972, it is the last novel written by Christie to feature the detective, with Curtain having been written thirty years before but published only in 1976.Īt a literary luncheon, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver is approached by Mrs Burton-Cox, whose son Desmond is planning to marry Ariadne's goddaughter Celia Ravenscroft. Elephants Can Remember is a murder mystery novel by Agatha Christie, featuring detective Hercule Poirot.

Elephants do remember