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 British fictional character, that appeared in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in twenty short stories. She is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur detective. She is one of the most famous characters of crime fiction and murder mystery. Many movies and television series have been made about her investigations.

Novels with Miss Marple

1. The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
2. The Body in the Library (1942)
3. The Moving Finger (1943)
4. A Murder is Announced (1950)
5. They Do It with Mirrors, or Murder with Mirrors (1952)
6. A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
7. 4.50 from Paddington, or What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! (1957)
8. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962)
9. A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
10. At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
11. Nemesis (1971)
12. Sleeping Murder (written around 1940, published 1976)

Short stories

• The Thirteen Problems (short story collection, also published as The Tuesday Club Murders) (1932)
• 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