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A poison pen letter is a letter or note containing unpleasant, abusive or malicious statements or accusations about the recipient or a third party. It is usually sent anonymously. Poison pen letters are usually composed and sent to upset the recipient. They differ from blackmail, which is intended to obtain something, in that they are purely malicious. In the United Kingdom, Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 covers most cases of poison pen letters. ==In literature and film== *Poison pen letters are a main theme in Dorothy Sayers' novel ''Gaudy Night'', Agatha Christie's ''The Moving Finger'', Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Le Corbeau'', John Dickson Carr's ''Night at the Mocking Widow'', and Enid Blyton's children's book ''The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters''. *In Stieg Larsson's book ''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'', from his ''Millennium Trilogy'', one of the main characters receives anonymous threatening letters from a sender she nicknames "Poison Pen". *In Paul Magrs's book ''Something Borrowed'', the protagonist begins an investigation into the sender of a poison pen letter. *In the James Bond film ''Octopussy'', Bond (Roger Moore) jokes that a new gadget, a pen with acidic ink, is "perfect for writing poison pen letters." The gadget's provider, Q, irritatedly responds "Pay attention, 007." *In the television series ''Father Brown'' (episode 9, "The Grim Reaper"), a poison pen letter is used to implicate someone in a murder. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「poison pen letter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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