Miss Marple facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jane Marple
Marple, as she appeared in volume 20 of Case Closed
First appearance	"The Tuesday Night Club", (The Thirteen Problems)
Last appearance	Sleeping Murder
Created by	Agatha Christie
Portrayed by	Gracie Fields Margaret Rutherford Angela Lansbury Dulcie Gray Helen Hayes Joan Hickson Geraldine McEwan Julia McKenzie
Information
Occupation	Amateur detective
Relatives	Raymond West (nephew)
Nationality	British

Miss Jane Marple is a much-loved British fictional character. She was created by the famous writer Agatha Christie. Miss Marple appears in twelve of Christie's mystery novels and twenty short stories.

She is an older lady who lives in a quiet village called St. Mary Mead. Even though she's not a professional, she's a very clever amateur detective. She loves solving tricky crimes! Miss Marple is one of the most famous characters in crime fiction and murder mystery stories. Many movies and television series have been made about her exciting investigations.

Miss Marple's Exciting Novels

Miss Marple solves mysteries in these full-length novels:

• The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
• The Body in the Library (1942)
• The Moving Finger (1943)
• A Murder is Announced (1950)
• They Do It with Mirrors, also known as Murder with Mirrors (1952)
• A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
• 4.50 from Paddington, also known as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! (1957)
• The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962)
• A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
• At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
• Nemesis (1971)
• Sleeping Murder (written around 1940, published 1976)

Miss Marple's Short Story Collections

Miss Marple also appears in these collections of shorter mysteries:

• The Thirteen Problems (1932) – also published as The Tuesday Club Murders
• Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (written between 1939 and 1954, published 1979)

Images for kids

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  Marple, as she appeared in volume 20 of Case Closed

See also

In Spanish: Miss Marple para niños