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Miss Marple |
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Jane Marple, usually known
as Miss Marple, is a fictional
character appearing in twelve of
Agatha Christie's crime novels (and
several short stories). Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who acts as an
amateur detective, and lives in the village of St. Mary Mead. She looks like an ordinary old lady, dressed
neatly in tweed and is frequently seen knitting or pulling weeds in her
garden. Miss Marple sometimes comes across as confused but when it comes to
solving mysteries, she has a sharp logical mind, and an almost unmatched
understanding of human nature with all its weaknesses, strengths, quirks and
foibles. In the detective story tradition, she often embarrasses the local
"professional" police by solving mysteries that have them stumped.
Although she looks like a sweet, frail old woman, Miss Marple is not afraid
of dead bodies and is not easily intimidated. She also has a remarkable
ability to latch onto a casual comment and connect it to the case at hand. Her first appearance in a
full-length novel was in The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930. Nemesis was to be the final Miss Marple novel in 1971, although Sleeping Murder which Christie wrote in 1940 was not published
until shortly after Christie's death in 1976. Sleeping Murder was actually
written as a concluding novel to the Marple series - Christie locked it away
in a bank vault so it would be safe if she was killed in The Blitz. Because
the novel was not published until some thirty-six years after it was
originally written certain characters who were killed off by Christie in post
WWII Miss Marple novels are still alive in Sleeping Murder! From 1993 through to
2001 BBC Radio dramatized all 12 Miss Marple novels. All stories feature noted
British film & TV actor June Whitfield as Miss Jane Marple, and were dramatised by Michael Bakewell and directed by Enyd Williams. Want to check this great
title out? Why not download the 30
minute Documentary: The Wisdom of Miss Marple It can be freely
downloaded to your computer -
just right button click on
any link below and chose "Download Linked File" (or words to that effect). The file is on an
average about 22Mb - download time will depend on your (broadband) speed. ACMMRD_1999-06-01
The Wisdom of Miss Marple.mp3 These
two MP3 CDs consist of all 12 BBC Miss Marple dramatizations: the 90 minute
presentations have been broken in 3 parters with individual lengths between
25 and 35 minutes. The "breaks" have been chosen in a sympathetic
way and coincide with scene changes. Each part has been "topped and
tailed" with the appropriate introduction and conclusion so that the
resulting 3 parters play just like the 5 parter continuing mysteries. Also
included is a 30 minute documentary titled The Wisdom of Miss Marple in which
Professor Jeffrey Richards discusses Miss Marple on Radio, TV and film. Rounding
out this excellent collection another excellent 1990 documentary A Close-Up
of Agatha Christie All
elements of this collection have been carefully restored & presented -
beautiful sound with no hiss! A. Documentary
(30 mins) 1. ACMMRD_1999-06-01
The Wisdom of Miss Marple.mp3 B. Murder
at the Vicarage (5 x 30 mins) 1. ACMMMV_1993-12-26
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMMV_1993-12-27
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMMV_1993-12-28
Episode No. 3.mp3 4. ACMMMV_1993-12-29
Episode No. 4.mp3 5. ACMMMV_1993-12-30
Episode No. 5.mp3 C. A
Pocket Full of Rye (3 x approx 30 mins) 1. ACMMPFR_1995-02-11
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMPFR_1995-02-11
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMPFR_1995-02-11
Episode No. 3.mp3 D. At
Bertram's Hotel (5 x 30 mins) 1. ACMMABH_1995-12-25
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMABH_1995-12-26
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMABH_1995-12-27
Episode No. 3.mp3 4. ACMMABH_1995-12-28
Episode No. 4.mp3 5. ACMMABH_1995-12-29
Episode No. 5.mp3 E. The
4:50 From Paddington (3 x approx 30 mins) 1. ACMMFFP_1997-03-29
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMFFP_1997-03-29
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMFFP_1997-03-29
Episode No. 3.mp3 F. A
Caribbean Mystery (5 x 30 mins) 1. ACMMCM_1997-10-30
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMCM_1997-11-06
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMCM_1997-11-13
Episode No. 3.mp3 4. ACMMCM_1997-11-20
Episode No. 4.mp3 5. ACMMCM_1997-11-27
Episode No. 5.mp3 G. The
Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (3 x approx 30 mins) 1. ACMMMCSS_1998-08-29
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMMCSS_1998-08-29
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMMCSS_1998-08-29
Episode No. 3.mp3 H. Nemesis
(5 x 30 mins) 1. ACMMN_1998-11-09
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMN_1998-11-16
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMN_1998-11-23
Episode No. 3.mp3 4. ACMMN_1998-11-30
Episode No. 4.mp3 5. ACMMN_1998-12-07
Episode No. 5.mp3 I. The
Body in the Library (3 x approx 30 mins) 1. ACMMBL_1999-05-22
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMBL_1999-05-22
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMBL_1999-05-22
Episode No. 3.mp3 J. A
Murder is Announced (5 x 30 mins) 1. ACMMMA_1999-08-09
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMMA_1999-08-16
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMMA_1999-08-23
Episode No. 3.mp3 4. ACMMMA_1999-08-30
Episode No. 4.mp3 5. ACMMMA_1999-09-06
Episode No. 5.mp3 K. The
Moving Finger (3 x approx 30 mins) 1. ACMMMF_2001-05-05
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMMF_2001-05-05
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMMF_2001-05-05
Episode No. 3.mp3 L. They
Do It With Mirrors (5 x 30 mins) 1. ACMMDWM_2001-07-23
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMDWM_2001-07-30
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMDWM_2001-08-06
Episode No. 3.mp3 4. ACMMDWM_2001-08-13
Episode No. 4.mp3 5. ACMMDWM_2001-08-20
Episode No. 5.mp3 M. Sleeping
Murder (3 x approx 30 mins) 1. ACMMSM_2001-12-08
Episode No. 1.mp3 2. ACMMSM_2001-12-08
Episode No. 2.mp3 3. ACMMSM_2001-12-08
Episode No. 3.mp3 N. Documentary
(30 mins) 1. BBCAC_1990-12-30
A Close-Up of Agatha Christie.mp3 |