Talk:Sven Hjerson

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In the books Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Sven's author considered killing him off in a book set for posthumous publication...which Agatha Christie did for Poirot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enda80 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Not Scandinavian?!
The article says that Sven Hjerson is not a Finnish name, which is correct. But Sven is indeed a popular Scandinavian name, and Hjerson is a perfectly possible Swedish surname. Even if the spelling used by Christie/Oliver might be unheard of, the patronym Gjersson, which would be pronounced exactly like Hjerson, is known from Norway. No doubt Hjerson belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority in south and west Finland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.62.115.66 (talk) 20:01, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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From the article:

Christie is known to have often disliked Poirot's eccentric mannerisms, and the fact that he quickly became a much more successful character than any of her other detectives would become, with the possible exception of Miss Marple. An example can be seen in this quote from Mrs McGinty's Dead: "You've no idea of the agony of having your characters taken and made to say things that they never would have said, and do things that they never would have done. And if you protest, all they say is that its [sic] good theatre."

This doesn't seem to relate. The quote is about the character's theatrical adaptation, not (directly) about his success. Aridd (talk) 21:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)