Murder at the vicarage by Agatha Christie
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The Murder at the Vicarage is a mystery novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 20 October 1930 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.00. It is the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple and her
village of St Mary Mead. The character had previously appeared in short stories published in magazines, from December 1927. These earlier stories were collected in book form in The Thirteen Problems in 1932. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
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| Author | Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 |
|---|---|
| Title | Murder at the vicarage |
| Original Publication | New York, NY: New American Library, 1930. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murder_at_the_Vicarage |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Summary |
The Murder at the Vicarage is a mystery novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 20 October 1930 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.00. It is the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple and her village of St Mary Mead. The character had previously appeared in short stories published in magazines, from December 1927. These earlier stories were collected in book form in The Thirteen Problems in 1932. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Villages -- England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Clergy -- England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
| Subject | Marple, Jane (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women detectives -- England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Older women -- England -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78220 |
| Release Date | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1585 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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