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Frndorfoe on 17 Aug 2009 at 7:14 a.m. GMT
I've read Anne Hart's Poirot. It's like a biography of Hercule Poirot as if he were a real person. Quite entertaining it was. I am dying to read her Marple biography but unfortunately couldn't get a hold of it anywhere in my city.
ampman on 17 Aug 2009 at 1:26 p.m. GMT
I got this book from Amazon about 5 years ago.It's worth trying second hand book sites like Abe's Books to get a copy. Anne Hart has made a good job of Miss Marple's life and about the only thing I disagreed with her about was placing her childhood in a cathedral close when Miss M often remarks that she has spent all her life in St Mary Mead.
I recently had a pleasant surprise whilst reading The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of short stories written in the style of the original by various authors. One story, The Adventure of Hillerman Hall concerns a young lady who seeks out Sherlock Holmes in his retirement after the end of World War 1 and asks him to investigate the disappearence of her fiance. It turns out that he is a con man who preys on naive and well off young ladies to separate them from their money. At the end she writes to thank Holmes and says that even though she knows the truth about her fiance she still loves him and will never marry. It finishes with Homes filing the case in his records under her name, Miss Jane Marple.
aznm on 19 Aug 2009 at 10:37 p.m. GMT
I haven't read that story but I do remember someone talking about it. Marple and Holmes, interesting.
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There's a good little Miss Jane Marple biography by Anne Hart, The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple, 1985, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York.
Using Miss Marple novels and short stories, she's compiled a very nice background of Jane Marple and St. Mary Mead.
If you can find the book in a library, a used bookstore, or online, it'll be a fun read. I've read it a few times just to refresh my memory of Jane's "life". It's less than 200 pages, and not a difficult read at all. Enjoy!