Miss Van Schuyler

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Miss Van Schuyler is a wealthy, snobbish American socialite and kleptomaniac who appears as a secondary character in Agatha Christie’s novel "Death on the Nile."

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instanceOf fictional character
kleptomaniac
literary character
socialite
accompaniedBy Cornelia Robson NERFINISHED
Miss Bowers NERFINISHED
adaptedIn 1978 film adaptation of Death on the Nile
2004 television adaptation of Death on the Nile
2022 film adaptation of Death on the Nile
ageGroup elderly
appearsIn Death on the Nile NERFINISHED
attitudeTowardCorneliaRobson patronizing
attitudeTowardLinnetDoyle envious
attitudeTowardOthers looks down on people of lower social status
classPosition upper class
creator Agatha Christie NERFINISHED
employs Miss Bowers NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Agatha Christie universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1937
firstPublishedIn Death on the Nile (1937 novel) NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction character
habit steals small valuable items
interactsWith Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED
Jacqueline de Bellefort NERFINISHED
Linnet Ridgeway Doyle NERFINISHED
Simon Doyle NERFINISHED
involvedIn theft subplot in Death on the Nile
languageOfWork English
medicalCondition kleptomania
moralAlignment morally flawed but not villainous
narrativeFunction red herring suspect in murder investigation
nationality American
notableFeature uses a wheelchair at times in adaptations
personalityTrait arrogant
class-conscious
snobbish
relationTo cousin of Cornelia Robson
residence United States (implied) NERFINISHED
revealedAs kleptomaniac rather than murderer
roleInWork secondary character in Death on the Nile
socialStatus wealthy
suspectedOf stealing Linnet Doyle's pearls
travelsOn Nile cruise ship Karnak NERFINISHED
wealthSource family wealth
workGenreContext Golden Age detective fiction

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Death on the Nile (novel) featuresCharacter Miss Van Schuyler
subject surface form: Death on the Nile