The title of Agatha Christie's novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side is taken from a line in which poem?
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Calmo. Jason may know if the overdose was intentional or accidental, and who administered it, but he does not say. Dr Gilchrist, Craddock and Miss Marple let that be. The title of the novel comes from the poem "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Lady of Shallot lives in a tower near Camelot, and sees it only reflected in a glass. She will be doomed if she looks directly; when Lancelot appears, she looks directly at him and the looking glass cracks. This poem is referred to by name several times in the novel, with these lines
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 12 November 1962 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in September 1963 under the shorter title of The Mirror Crack'd and with a copyright date of 1962. The UK edition retailed at fifteen shillings (15/-) and the US edition at $3.75. It is set in the fictional English village of St. Mary Mead and features Miss Marple. It was dedicated by Christie: