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Miss Jane Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Miss Marple lives in the village of St Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterised as an elderly spinster, [3] [4] she is one of Christie's best-known characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen.
Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1976 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in October 1979 retailing at £4.50. [1] It was the last Christie book to be published under the Collins Crime Club imprint although HarperCollins continue to be the writer's UK publishers.
It was the last Miss Marple novel the author wrote, although Sleeping Murder was the last Miss Marple novel to be published. Miss Marple first encounters Jason Rafiel in A Caribbean Mystery, where they solve a mystery. In his will, Rafiel leaves another mystery for Miss Marple to solve.
Agatha Christie's Marple is a British ITV television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Marple . The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role.
Miss Marple, titled Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the series, is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie, starring Joan Hickson in the title role. It aired from 26 December 1984 to 27 December 1992 on BBC One. All twelve original Miss Marple novels by Christie were dramatised.
In the same way, she wrote and locked away Miss Marple’s “last” case via the manuscript which was later retitled “Sleeping Murder”. Dame Agatha legally gave the rights to the “last” Poirot novel to her daughter Rosalind and gave the rights to the “last” Miss Marple novel to her second husband Max.
Agatha Christie's Marple (or simply Marple) is a British ITV television programme loosely based on books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie.The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to the third series, until her retirement from the role, and by Julia McKenzie from the fourth series onwards.