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Moved Jane Marple to Miss Marple because that's what she's better known as. -- Lee M
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[edit] tueday club murders
The book of Miss Marple mysteries 'The Tuesday Club Murders' is missing from the list of texts. It is supposedly the second volume to feature Miss Marple (this claim needs authentication). an outline might be made of the titles of these short stories and the characters featured. Additionally, Audio Partners Publishing <www.audiopartners.com> has produced a number of Miss Marple mysteries read by Joan Hickson. Mention might be made of these audio renditions, and others (if there are others).
[edit] Comparisons
Mention may be made of the contrasts between Miss Marple and Agatha Christie's other famous detective - Hercule Poirot. One could even say that Miss Marple is in fact Christie's signet character, since aspects of Poirot are a humorous caricature of Sherlock Holmes.
While Poirot is a financially well-off professional, Miss Marple is a few shades away from genteel poverty. In They do it with mirrors Miss Marple plays the part of a hard up elderly spinster, and that she does it convincingly is not because she is a great actor.
Where Poirot is vain and boastful, Miss Marple is quietly confident behind her "Oh, I'm so sorry" diffidence. It is my personal regret that The Murder of Roger Ackroyd did not feature Miss Marple, certainly the 'best' Christie villain deserved the better Christie detective!
Poirot often needs the Watson-like Hastings to serve as his foil, while Miss Marple operates by herself, betraying none of her confidences to those around her.
Yet, behind these contrasts, both Poirot and Miss Marple are individuals with strong belief systems of right and wrong, best summed up in the words of Mr.Rafiel.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.92.149.201 (talk • contribs).
- I agree with you entirely about these contrasts (although on thinking about it, wasn't Poirot in a fairly bad financial state when he first arrived in England?), but it's important to remember that Wikipedia isn't here to provide direct comments and criticism. Our opinions, as editors, are irrelevant. See the page about Original Research for some more information. --JennyRad 19:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Poirot apparently had been forced to depart Belgium for England in rather a hurry, ahead of the invading Germans in 1914. Few war refugees have good finanical resources, and Poirot had been living on the salary of a Police Inspector up until that time. the wealth he acquired later was from the work he did as a private investigator in England, exercising his "little gray cells" for the benefit of the wealthy and powerful in distress. THEN he entered the retirement that enabled him to travel to extensively. As for Jane Marple's "genteel poverty", the question I pose below may provide an insight -- or it may be that, in the Christie tradition, the producers of the new TV series have provided a tantalizing but misleading red herring. Michael Hopcroft 07:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Subtext in The McEwan Series?
One thing I have noticed about the new Grenada TV series is that most of the episodes I have seen have included a distinctive lesbian subtext. The Stilltford Mystery even features a young protege of Miss Marple who, at the end of the story, comes out as lesbian after her apprenticeship in amateur detective work. Is this something the producers inserted for their own reasons, or do serious Christie scholars see something similar in the original stories? Michael Hopcroft 07:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- I don't remember much about The Sittaford Mystery except that it bore barely any relation to the book! However, the lesbian relationship in A Murder Is Announced is certainly implied in the novel - it's not a new element introduced by the screenwriters. (And I do like the phrase "serious Christie scholars".) Tobelia 21:13, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
