Mattie Mayson
2004-06-30 15:54:02 UTC
This document attempts to summarize the striking similarities between
names, places, and other connections that can be made between the
characters and general work of Agatha Christie and J.K. Rowling. I
first began to look for similarities between the collective body of
work of each author about a year ago, when I first noticed that the
mystery-story type plot of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
reminded me a lot of the way Agatha Christie wrote- and especially in
the way she and J.K. Rowling toss their 'red herrings' around.
In no way do I mean to imply by these lists, quotes, and
connections, that J.K. Rowling purposefully (or even knowingly) copied
or attempted to imitate Agatha Christie's work. I believe it was
Picasso who said "Good artists borrow. Great artists steal." I believe
a lot of that intellectual 'stealing' is done subconciously, and that
which we read and enjoy has a large impact upon our future writing, an
impact of which we may often be unaware. Therefore, it is not
surprising, perhaps, to have found many similarities between both
Christie's and Rowling's work.
Something to keep in mind before you read this is the fact that
Christie was one of the most prolific writers ever- she published over
80 novels. Rowling has (so far) published 5, as well as some
additional spin-off material based on those main 5. Therefore, one
*could* argue that any British names Rowling chose were bound to
appear in Christie's work as well. However, as literary fans will
note, some authors appear to have 'favorite' names, using a particular
name over and over again in different stories and for different
characters. I note the fact that 'Hermione', 'Harry' (NOT 'Harold'),
and 'Ron' are used multiple times throughout the body of Christie's
work, and of those three, 'Harry' appears the most number of times.
Others, like Lupin, Hedwig, Bulstrode, Pettigrew, etc, appear only
once. These are far more likely to be coincidences, in my opinion,
than proof of the subconsious as an influence upon the writing mind.
As an author myself, I realize that any argument attempting to
assert the influences upon another author's work are bound to be full
of incorrect assumptions and flaws. However, I put this list together
primarily for fun, and secondly, as a challenge- to see if any other
fans of both Christie and Rowling (or other authors!) care to make a
similar list. This list has taken me quite a lot of time and effort
and I'd appreciate any feedback or comments emailed to me at
***@yahoo.com. I also include the disclaimer that this is a
list IN PROGRESS, and will probably be changed and posted/reposted at
my website whenever a new version has been created. (Located here:
http://www.geocities.com/mattiemayson/) I hope to expand the
connections I make in Rowling's work to other authors as well, and
would welcome the help and contributions of those who are interested.
You will probably note the fact that this list is unfortunately
uncomplete, and I have failed to cite exactly in which book the names
are found. I hope to accomplish this in future versions of this list.
This is an extremely rough draft. All quotes are copyright to the
author to which they are attributed.
Possible Literary Connections between J.K. Rowling and Agatha
Christie....
Mythical Creature References:
"Mrs. L's not exactly a chicken, but she's a damned good-looking
woman. Rather like those fairy women who come out of marshes with
lights and lure you away." (Agatha Christie, "Murder in
Mesopotamia")
During the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in Rowling's
Prisoner of Azkaban, the class faced a similar mythical creature.
Despite research on the subject, I have been unable to come up with
the creature's actual mythological name. I have never come across any
references to this type of creature in other literature.
Basilisks:
In several books, Christie references the basilisk in order to
refer to a character who has a 'frozen' look on his or her face. The
most notable example is in "The Mirror Crack'd"
"Was the woman going to faint? What on earth could she be seeing that
gave her that basilisk look?" ....
(Later on, describing the look...) "She had kind of a frozen look,"
said Mrs. Bantry, struggling with words, "as though she'd seen
something that- oh, dear me, how hard it is to describe things. Do you
remember the Lady of Shalott? The mirror crack'd from side to side;
'the doom has come upon me' cried the Lady of Shalott.'"
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Basilisks, a mirror, and
being frozen (specifically, 'petrified') are a common theme.
Bogys/Boggarts
In Christie's book, Murder for Christmas, I came across this quote:
"'I can remember every word and incident of those days perfectly,'
said David passionately.
'Yes, but you shouldn't, my dear! It isn't natural to do so!.....I
think,' she said, 'that you're seeing your father as a Bogy! You're
exalting him into a kind of personification of Evil. Probably, if you
were to see him now, you would realize that he was only a very
ordinary man; a man, perhaps, whose passions ran away with him, a man
whose life was far from blameless, but nevertheless merely a man-- not
a kind of inhuman Monster!.....'
'And you want me to go?'
Hilda hesitated, then she suddenly made up her mind.
'Yes,' she said. 'I do. I want you to go and lay the Bogy once and
for all.'"
The 'Bogy' can be compared to Harry Potter's "Boggart", a mythical
creature which takes the shape of the worst fear of whoever views it.
It can only be slain by facing it, picturing it for what it is, and
saying a spell.
To summarize:
In Christie's books, there can be found references to basilisks,
bogies (boggarts), fairy women holding lights- all which can also be
found in Harry Potter, and which are extremely uncommon mythological
creatures. They are all so uncommon that none of them were used by
C.S. Lewis in his Narnia fantasy series, though he uses almost every
type of mythological creature. Neither are they used by J.R.R.
Tolkien- though a faint connection to Tolkien might be made in a
parallell to the bodies of the slain elves who lay in the dead marshes
and beckon people to join them.
Another interesting connection is the mention of a hippogryph in one
of Dorothy Sayers' mystery novels, "The Nine Tailors". Sayers was a
contemporary of Christie.
Pettigrew:
In "The Man in the Brown Suit", Christie features a character named
Miss Pettigrew, described as a ugly woman, who turns out to be much
more than she seems.
Eventually, Miss Pettigrew disappears, and it is eventually revealed
that she was actually a man in disguise- a criminal who was
masquerading as a woman. However, he is not the book's master
criminal, but only the right-hand man. Similarly, Peter Pettigrew in
the Harry Potter Series masqueraded as a rat for years, until forced
to turn back into his human form. He then rejoined his 'master', Lord
Voldemort, and helped him regain his body.
Arabella
The name "Arabella" is used as the name of a pet cat of Mrs.
Hemmings in Agatha Christie's "The Clocks." Mrs. Hemmings is a
neighbor who is described as being very scatty, and who collects cats-
she has about 14. Two little boys live nearby and delight in
tormenting her cats.
In the Harry Potter Series, Arabella Figg is the scatty neighbor of
the Dursleys, who have two boys. Arabella Figg loves cats, and is the
same personality type as Mrs. Hemmings.
Bulgaria and Romania
Bulgaria and Romania are both used as favorite 'mysterious' foreign
countries of Christie's throughout her body of work. She especially
uses both Romania and Bulgaria for political intrigue (Man in the
Brown Suit, The Secret of Chimneys, Murder on the Orient Express,
numerous short stories, etc.) These countries are mentioned in
Rowling's work as well. Bulgaria plays one side of the Quidditch world
cup. Romania is where Charlie Weasley works with dragons.
Trains:
Numerous murders occur on trains, take place as a result of trains
(the most famous being Murder on the Orient Express) or are centered
around trains (The ABC murders.) While the fact that the British
public has seemingly always been enamoured with trains, this may not
seem to be much of a connection, but taken with the fact that Christie
makes numerous references to the books of E. Nesbit, one of the
references being a clue which helps solve the mystery. E. Nesbit's
books have also been cited as a childhood favorite of Rowling's. It is
interesting to wonder what subconsious influences Nesbit might have
had on both Rowling and Christie.
Curious coincidences?
The name Lestrange is found in "Murder at the Vicarage." Mrs.
Lestrange is described as "the mysterious woman with the pale,
beautiful face..there was something sinister about her."
Another quote referencing Mrs. Lestrange... "The thought sprang
unbidden into my mind: This woman would stick at nothing....Mrs.
Lestrange rose to meet me. I was struck anew by the marvelous
atmosphere that this woman could create. She wore a dress of some
dead-black material that showed off the extraordinary fairness of her
skin. There was something curiously dead about her face. Only the eyes
were burningly alive."
Curiously enough, Mrs. Lestrange is married to a character named
Lucius in that book. "You don't know what my life is like. I've been
miserable with Lucius from the beginning. No woman could be happy with
him."
-Noted in numerous stories (The Man in the Brown Suit being one):
Marge, Harry as first names. Harold as a first name is occasionally
used (once or twice, compared to dozens of uses of Harry). "Harry" is
almost always a young man, usually engaged, around 20 years old in her
stories.
-Ronald and Ron are names used by Christie in numerous stories,
and apart from one instance in the book "At Bertram's Hotel", all the
characters of that name are young. Some are actually children, others,
teenagers or in their 20s or 30s. Christie even specifies that 'Ron'
has shockingly red hair in several novels.
-In Christie's novel "Sleeping Murder," Lily and James are a young
married couple. In another 'Miss Marple' Mystery, characters named
Lily and Harry are engaged. A couple named Lily and Arthur are married
in one of her short stories.
-Of the two occurances of the name "Granger" in Christie's novels
(one spelled "Grainger") one is a doctor. The character of Hermione
Granger, in J.K. Rowling's novels, has expressed an interest in
becoming a 'healer', or the magical world's equivalent of a doctor.
- Though the characters she choses to name Harry have occasionally
been responsible for an accident or injury (The Mirror Crack'd) Harry
has never been chosen as the name of an actual 'bad guy'. All the
seperate Harry's mishaps come about from inaction, accidents, or
smaller crimes (petty theft, etc.) However, Harry IS portrayed in a
couple stories as having a 'questionable character.' Harry is always
portrayed by Christie as a youth or man in his 20s.
-The name Hermione has been used by Christie multiple times, usually
for a young, main character. In Three Act Tragedy her nickname is
"Egg".
-While there is no location in any of Agatha Christie's novels
called "The Burrow," there is a Major Burrows, and he appears in the
same story (and frequently the same sentence) as Major Riddle, AND
another character called Tom.
-Christie's murder mystery which takes place at a boarding school,
features a sentence with the words "Bulstrode" and "Hedwig" in it,
together. The Harry Potter novels take place at a boarding school,
frequently involve mysteries including and involving murder. The name
of Harry's owl is Hedwig, and a classmate of his is named Millicent
Bulstrode.
From "Murder For Christmas" by Christie........
"And of course there's Harry - "
He stopped, slightly embarrassed.
"Harry?" said Magdalene, surprised. "Who is Harry?"
"Ah - er - my brother."
"I never knew you had another brother."
"My dear, he wasn't a great - er - credit - to us. We don't mention
him. His behaviour was disgraceful. We haven't heard anything of him
for some years now. He's probably dead."
Magdalene laughed suddenly.
"What is it? What are you laughing at?"
Magdalene said:
"I was only thinking how funny it was that you - you, George, should
have a disreputable brother! You're so very respectable."
"I should hope so," said George coldly.
Her eyes narrowed."
This attitude toward the character of Harry is similar to the
one Vernon and Petunia show toward Lily, James, and Harry Potter in
the Harry Potter series. They are overly paranoid about being
'respectable' and because of this, they don't 'mention' Lily and
James. It is ironic that the name Harry should be the one used here as
well.
Ginny:
- In Christie's book, "Appointment with Death," a young girl with
bright red hair who has been hypnotized and manipulated by a much
stronger personality becomes a suspect when that person is killed. Her
name is given as Ginevra, but is called "Ginny" for short. A parallell
can be made to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Tom Riddle, an
older boy with a dominating personality, manages to control Ginny and
get her to open the Chamber of Secrets.
Here is a list of names Christie/Rowling both have used: (the name
must be used by both of them in order to make this list)
Harry
Harold
James
Potter
Lily
Evans
Mark
Vernon
Marge
Ronald (young child with shockingly red hair)
Ron
Hermione
Granger (two occurances in Christie's work, one spelled "Grainger")
Neville (In Christie's work, spelled "Nevile and Nevill")
Longbottom
Susan
Hannah
Abbott
Lee
Jordan
Colin
Dennis
Seamus
Michael
Oliver
Wood
Millicent
Bulstrode
Hedwig
Fred
George
Percy
Bill
Charlie
Ginny (Ginevra, whose nickname is Ginny in "Appointment with Death")
Molly
Arthur
Peter
Pettigrew
Lupin
Black
Tom
Riddle
Binns
Poppy
Arabella
Sybil
Trelawny
Lestrange
Lucius
Delores
Viktor (spelled "Victor" in Christie's books)
Nick
Baron
Cornelius
Roberts
Specific Breakdown of First and Last Names (Surnames) shared
between Christie/Rowling Stories:
Surnames:
Evans
Potter
Longbottom
Abbott
Jordan
Johnson
Wood
Hedwig
Bulstrode
Riddle
Trelawny
Granger
Pettigrew
Black
Lestrange
Binns
Roberts
First Names:
Harry
Harold
James
Lily
Mark
Vernon
Marge
Ronald (young child with shockingly red hair)
Ron
Hermione
Neville (Nevile and Nevill)
Lee
Hannah
Seamus
Michael
Oliver
Susan
Fred
George
Percy
Charlie
Bill
Molly
Arthur
Peter
Millicent
Arabella
Tom
Sybil
Poppy
Delores
Viktor (Victor)
Mark
Colin
Dennis
Nick
Cornelius
Lucius
Characters who are "bad guys" in both books:
(in order to qualify for this category, the name must be used in a
negative context in every single story in which it appears, for both
Christie and Rowling's books.)
Lucius
Pettigrew
Lestrange
Delores
**************************************
end list
names, places, and other connections that can be made between the
characters and general work of Agatha Christie and J.K. Rowling. I
first began to look for similarities between the collective body of
work of each author about a year ago, when I first noticed that the
mystery-story type plot of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
reminded me a lot of the way Agatha Christie wrote- and especially in
the way she and J.K. Rowling toss their 'red herrings' around.
In no way do I mean to imply by these lists, quotes, and
connections, that J.K. Rowling purposefully (or even knowingly) copied
or attempted to imitate Agatha Christie's work. I believe it was
Picasso who said "Good artists borrow. Great artists steal." I believe
a lot of that intellectual 'stealing' is done subconciously, and that
which we read and enjoy has a large impact upon our future writing, an
impact of which we may often be unaware. Therefore, it is not
surprising, perhaps, to have found many similarities between both
Christie's and Rowling's work.
Something to keep in mind before you read this is the fact that
Christie was one of the most prolific writers ever- she published over
80 novels. Rowling has (so far) published 5, as well as some
additional spin-off material based on those main 5. Therefore, one
*could* argue that any British names Rowling chose were bound to
appear in Christie's work as well. However, as literary fans will
note, some authors appear to have 'favorite' names, using a particular
name over and over again in different stories and for different
characters. I note the fact that 'Hermione', 'Harry' (NOT 'Harold'),
and 'Ron' are used multiple times throughout the body of Christie's
work, and of those three, 'Harry' appears the most number of times.
Others, like Lupin, Hedwig, Bulstrode, Pettigrew, etc, appear only
once. These are far more likely to be coincidences, in my opinion,
than proof of the subconsious as an influence upon the writing mind.
As an author myself, I realize that any argument attempting to
assert the influences upon another author's work are bound to be full
of incorrect assumptions and flaws. However, I put this list together
primarily for fun, and secondly, as a challenge- to see if any other
fans of both Christie and Rowling (or other authors!) care to make a
similar list. This list has taken me quite a lot of time and effort
and I'd appreciate any feedback or comments emailed to me at
***@yahoo.com. I also include the disclaimer that this is a
list IN PROGRESS, and will probably be changed and posted/reposted at
my website whenever a new version has been created. (Located here:
http://www.geocities.com/mattiemayson/) I hope to expand the
connections I make in Rowling's work to other authors as well, and
would welcome the help and contributions of those who are interested.
You will probably note the fact that this list is unfortunately
uncomplete, and I have failed to cite exactly in which book the names
are found. I hope to accomplish this in future versions of this list.
This is an extremely rough draft. All quotes are copyright to the
author to which they are attributed.
Possible Literary Connections between J.K. Rowling and Agatha
Christie....
Mythical Creature References:
"Mrs. L's not exactly a chicken, but she's a damned good-looking
woman. Rather like those fairy women who come out of marshes with
lights and lure you away." (Agatha Christie, "Murder in
Mesopotamia")
During the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in Rowling's
Prisoner of Azkaban, the class faced a similar mythical creature.
Despite research on the subject, I have been unable to come up with
the creature's actual mythological name. I have never come across any
references to this type of creature in other literature.
Basilisks:
In several books, Christie references the basilisk in order to
refer to a character who has a 'frozen' look on his or her face. The
most notable example is in "The Mirror Crack'd"
"Was the woman going to faint? What on earth could she be seeing that
gave her that basilisk look?" ....
(Later on, describing the look...) "She had kind of a frozen look,"
said Mrs. Bantry, struggling with words, "as though she'd seen
something that- oh, dear me, how hard it is to describe things. Do you
remember the Lady of Shalott? The mirror crack'd from side to side;
'the doom has come upon me' cried the Lady of Shalott.'"
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Basilisks, a mirror, and
being frozen (specifically, 'petrified') are a common theme.
Bogys/Boggarts
In Christie's book, Murder for Christmas, I came across this quote:
"'I can remember every word and incident of those days perfectly,'
said David passionately.
'Yes, but you shouldn't, my dear! It isn't natural to do so!.....I
think,' she said, 'that you're seeing your father as a Bogy! You're
exalting him into a kind of personification of Evil. Probably, if you
were to see him now, you would realize that he was only a very
ordinary man; a man, perhaps, whose passions ran away with him, a man
whose life was far from blameless, but nevertheless merely a man-- not
a kind of inhuman Monster!.....'
'And you want me to go?'
Hilda hesitated, then she suddenly made up her mind.
'Yes,' she said. 'I do. I want you to go and lay the Bogy once and
for all.'"
The 'Bogy' can be compared to Harry Potter's "Boggart", a mythical
creature which takes the shape of the worst fear of whoever views it.
It can only be slain by facing it, picturing it for what it is, and
saying a spell.
To summarize:
In Christie's books, there can be found references to basilisks,
bogies (boggarts), fairy women holding lights- all which can also be
found in Harry Potter, and which are extremely uncommon mythological
creatures. They are all so uncommon that none of them were used by
C.S. Lewis in his Narnia fantasy series, though he uses almost every
type of mythological creature. Neither are they used by J.R.R.
Tolkien- though a faint connection to Tolkien might be made in a
parallell to the bodies of the slain elves who lay in the dead marshes
and beckon people to join them.
Another interesting connection is the mention of a hippogryph in one
of Dorothy Sayers' mystery novels, "The Nine Tailors". Sayers was a
contemporary of Christie.
Pettigrew:
In "The Man in the Brown Suit", Christie features a character named
Miss Pettigrew, described as a ugly woman, who turns out to be much
more than she seems.
Eventually, Miss Pettigrew disappears, and it is eventually revealed
that she was actually a man in disguise- a criminal who was
masquerading as a woman. However, he is not the book's master
criminal, but only the right-hand man. Similarly, Peter Pettigrew in
the Harry Potter Series masqueraded as a rat for years, until forced
to turn back into his human form. He then rejoined his 'master', Lord
Voldemort, and helped him regain his body.
Arabella
The name "Arabella" is used as the name of a pet cat of Mrs.
Hemmings in Agatha Christie's "The Clocks." Mrs. Hemmings is a
neighbor who is described as being very scatty, and who collects cats-
she has about 14. Two little boys live nearby and delight in
tormenting her cats.
In the Harry Potter Series, Arabella Figg is the scatty neighbor of
the Dursleys, who have two boys. Arabella Figg loves cats, and is the
same personality type as Mrs. Hemmings.
Bulgaria and Romania
Bulgaria and Romania are both used as favorite 'mysterious' foreign
countries of Christie's throughout her body of work. She especially
uses both Romania and Bulgaria for political intrigue (Man in the
Brown Suit, The Secret of Chimneys, Murder on the Orient Express,
numerous short stories, etc.) These countries are mentioned in
Rowling's work as well. Bulgaria plays one side of the Quidditch world
cup. Romania is where Charlie Weasley works with dragons.
Trains:
Numerous murders occur on trains, take place as a result of trains
(the most famous being Murder on the Orient Express) or are centered
around trains (The ABC murders.) While the fact that the British
public has seemingly always been enamoured with trains, this may not
seem to be much of a connection, but taken with the fact that Christie
makes numerous references to the books of E. Nesbit, one of the
references being a clue which helps solve the mystery. E. Nesbit's
books have also been cited as a childhood favorite of Rowling's. It is
interesting to wonder what subconsious influences Nesbit might have
had on both Rowling and Christie.
Curious coincidences?
The name Lestrange is found in "Murder at the Vicarage." Mrs.
Lestrange is described as "the mysterious woman with the pale,
beautiful face..there was something sinister about her."
Another quote referencing Mrs. Lestrange... "The thought sprang
unbidden into my mind: This woman would stick at nothing....Mrs.
Lestrange rose to meet me. I was struck anew by the marvelous
atmosphere that this woman could create. She wore a dress of some
dead-black material that showed off the extraordinary fairness of her
skin. There was something curiously dead about her face. Only the eyes
were burningly alive."
Curiously enough, Mrs. Lestrange is married to a character named
Lucius in that book. "You don't know what my life is like. I've been
miserable with Lucius from the beginning. No woman could be happy with
him."
-Noted in numerous stories (The Man in the Brown Suit being one):
Marge, Harry as first names. Harold as a first name is occasionally
used (once or twice, compared to dozens of uses of Harry). "Harry" is
almost always a young man, usually engaged, around 20 years old in her
stories.
-Ronald and Ron are names used by Christie in numerous stories,
and apart from one instance in the book "At Bertram's Hotel", all the
characters of that name are young. Some are actually children, others,
teenagers or in their 20s or 30s. Christie even specifies that 'Ron'
has shockingly red hair in several novels.
-In Christie's novel "Sleeping Murder," Lily and James are a young
married couple. In another 'Miss Marple' Mystery, characters named
Lily and Harry are engaged. A couple named Lily and Arthur are married
in one of her short stories.
-Of the two occurances of the name "Granger" in Christie's novels
(one spelled "Grainger") one is a doctor. The character of Hermione
Granger, in J.K. Rowling's novels, has expressed an interest in
becoming a 'healer', or the magical world's equivalent of a doctor.
- Though the characters she choses to name Harry have occasionally
been responsible for an accident or injury (The Mirror Crack'd) Harry
has never been chosen as the name of an actual 'bad guy'. All the
seperate Harry's mishaps come about from inaction, accidents, or
smaller crimes (petty theft, etc.) However, Harry IS portrayed in a
couple stories as having a 'questionable character.' Harry is always
portrayed by Christie as a youth or man in his 20s.
-The name Hermione has been used by Christie multiple times, usually
for a young, main character. In Three Act Tragedy her nickname is
"Egg".
-While there is no location in any of Agatha Christie's novels
called "The Burrow," there is a Major Burrows, and he appears in the
same story (and frequently the same sentence) as Major Riddle, AND
another character called Tom.
-Christie's murder mystery which takes place at a boarding school,
features a sentence with the words "Bulstrode" and "Hedwig" in it,
together. The Harry Potter novels take place at a boarding school,
frequently involve mysteries including and involving murder. The name
of Harry's owl is Hedwig, and a classmate of his is named Millicent
Bulstrode.
From "Murder For Christmas" by Christie........
"And of course there's Harry - "
He stopped, slightly embarrassed.
"Harry?" said Magdalene, surprised. "Who is Harry?"
"Ah - er - my brother."
"I never knew you had another brother."
"My dear, he wasn't a great - er - credit - to us. We don't mention
him. His behaviour was disgraceful. We haven't heard anything of him
for some years now. He's probably dead."
Magdalene laughed suddenly.
"What is it? What are you laughing at?"
Magdalene said:
"I was only thinking how funny it was that you - you, George, should
have a disreputable brother! You're so very respectable."
"I should hope so," said George coldly.
Her eyes narrowed."
This attitude toward the character of Harry is similar to the
one Vernon and Petunia show toward Lily, James, and Harry Potter in
the Harry Potter series. They are overly paranoid about being
'respectable' and because of this, they don't 'mention' Lily and
James. It is ironic that the name Harry should be the one used here as
well.
Ginny:
- In Christie's book, "Appointment with Death," a young girl with
bright red hair who has been hypnotized and manipulated by a much
stronger personality becomes a suspect when that person is killed. Her
name is given as Ginevra, but is called "Ginny" for short. A parallell
can be made to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Tom Riddle, an
older boy with a dominating personality, manages to control Ginny and
get her to open the Chamber of Secrets.
Here is a list of names Christie/Rowling both have used: (the name
must be used by both of them in order to make this list)
Harry
Harold
James
Potter
Lily
Evans
Mark
Vernon
Marge
Ronald (young child with shockingly red hair)
Ron
Hermione
Granger (two occurances in Christie's work, one spelled "Grainger")
Neville (In Christie's work, spelled "Nevile and Nevill")
Longbottom
Susan
Hannah
Abbott
Lee
Jordan
Colin
Dennis
Seamus
Michael
Oliver
Wood
Millicent
Bulstrode
Hedwig
Fred
George
Percy
Bill
Charlie
Ginny (Ginevra, whose nickname is Ginny in "Appointment with Death")
Molly
Arthur
Peter
Pettigrew
Lupin
Black
Tom
Riddle
Binns
Poppy
Arabella
Sybil
Trelawny
Lestrange
Lucius
Delores
Viktor (spelled "Victor" in Christie's books)
Nick
Baron
Cornelius
Roberts
Specific Breakdown of First and Last Names (Surnames) shared
between Christie/Rowling Stories:
Surnames:
Evans
Potter
Longbottom
Abbott
Jordan
Johnson
Wood
Hedwig
Bulstrode
Riddle
Trelawny
Granger
Pettigrew
Black
Lestrange
Binns
Roberts
First Names:
Harry
Harold
James
Lily
Mark
Vernon
Marge
Ronald (young child with shockingly red hair)
Ron
Hermione
Neville (Nevile and Nevill)
Lee
Hannah
Seamus
Michael
Oliver
Susan
Fred
George
Percy
Charlie
Bill
Molly
Arthur
Peter
Millicent
Arabella
Tom
Sybil
Poppy
Delores
Viktor (Victor)
Mark
Colin
Dennis
Nick
Cornelius
Lucius
Characters who are "bad guys" in both books:
(in order to qualify for this category, the name must be used in a
negative context in every single story in which it appears, for both
Christie and Rowling's books.)
Lucius
Pettigrew
Lestrange
Delores
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