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Maigret's Christmas: Nine Stories

Georges Simenon

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Description:Nine stories make up this delightful holiday-themed collection, each featuring Georges Simenon's famous detective, Jules Maigret. The first eight are short stories, and the ninth is a novella. They are:1. Maigret's Christmas --2. Seven Little Crosses in a Notebook --3. Maigret and the Surly Inspector --4. The Evidence of the Altar Boy --5. The Most Obstinate Customer in the World --6. Death of a Nobody --7. Sale by Auction --8. The Man in the Street --9. Maigret in Retirement.The second is especially interesting for a Maigret collection in that the Superintendent's name is never mentioned!Several are about Christmas. An otherwise sensible little girl insists that she has seen Father Christmas, a statement alarming to her neighbors, Monsieur and Madame Maigret. Then, a choirboy helps the inspector solve a crime while he lies in bed with a cold. Another boy, pursued by a criminal, ingeniously leaves a trail to help Maigret track him. Many feature observant and resourceful children, frightened yet resolute, who bring out a paternal streak in the childless Maigret. The rapport between the inspector and these youthful heroes imparts a delightful freshness to this collection - a cornucopia for fans of Maigret and mysteries.Librarian's note #1: this is a collection of nine stories. Entries and reviews for each story including the title story, "Maigret's Christmas" can be found elsewhere on Goodreads by searching for "a Maigret short story."Librarian's note #2: the ninth story, "Maigret in Retirement", also published in English as "Maigret Gets Angry", is #26 in Penguin's recent collection of Maigret novels by Simenon (75 in total).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Maigret's Christmas: Nine Stories. To get started finding Maigret's Christmas: Nine Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 329

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: N/A

Release: 1976

ISBN: 0156028530

Description: Nine stories make up this delightful holiday-themed collection, each featuring Georges Simenon's famous detective, Jules Maigret. The first eight are short stories, and the ninth is a novella. They are:1. Maigret's Christmas --2. Seven Little Crosses in a Notebook --3. Maigret and the Surly Inspector --4. The Evidence of the Altar Boy --5. The Most Obstinate Customer in the World --6. Death of a Nobody --7. Sale by Auction --8. The Man in the Street --9. Maigret in Retirement.The second is especially interesting for a Maigret collection in that the Superintendent's name is never mentioned!Several are about Christmas. An otherwise sensible little girl insists that she has seen Father Christmas, a statement alarming to her neighbors, Monsieur and Madame Maigret. Then, a choirboy helps the inspector solve a crime while he lies in bed with a cold. Another boy, pursued by a criminal, ingeniously leaves a trail to help Maigret track him. Many feature observant and resourceful children, frightened yet resolute, who bring out a paternal streak in the childless Maigret. The rapport between the inspector and these youthful heroes imparts a delightful freshness to this collection - a cornucopia for fans of Maigret and mysteries.Librarian's note #1: this is a collection of nine stories. Entries and reviews for each story including the title story, "Maigret's Christmas" can be found elsewhere on Goodreads by searching for "a Maigret short story."Librarian's note #2: the ninth story, "Maigret in Retirement", also published in English as "Maigret Gets Angry", is #26 in Penguin's recent collection of Maigret novels by Simenon (75 in total).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Maigret's Christmas: Nine Stories. To get started finding Maigret's Christmas: Nine Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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