Murder at the vicarage: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Murder at the vicarage: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Murder at the vicarage is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Christie, Agatha (1890–1976).
Catalogue synopsis
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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.)
Book and edition facts
- Title: Murder at the vicarage
- Author credits: Christie, Agatha (1890–1976)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Clergy -- England -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Marple, Jane (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Older women -- England -- Fiction
- Villages -- England -- Fiction
- Women detectives -- England -- Fiction
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