The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Difference between revisions

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The novel is narrated in first person by Lieteunant Hastings, who, returning invalided from World War I, is invited by his childhood friend John Cavendish to the family manor, Styles Court. On his arrival there, he meets John’s stepmother Emily, a [[Apron Matron|generous but difficult woman]] who has recently married Alfred Inglethorp, [[May-December Romance|a man much younger than her]]. Hastings also meets John’s beautiful but enigmatic wife, Mary Cavendish, his nervous brother, Lawrence Cavendish, the mysterious Doctor Bauerstein, Mrs Inglethorp's companion Evelyn Howard, and her young protégé Cynthia Murdoch.