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Sep 12, 2022 · The British playwright David Hare, who adapted a Maigret book for the stage, insists that Simenon—being Belgian-born and so an outsider—disdained the usual French prattle about gastronomy,...
Only in one novel, Maigret in Society (1960), is there a glimpse when Simenon writes of his character, “He did not take himself for a superman, did not consider himself infallible. On the contrary, it was with a certain humility that he began his investigations, including the simplest of them.
Nov 20, 2013 · Yet Simenon was not Maigret; instead, he was almost the exact opposite. Where Simenon was promiscuous, Maigret is uxorious. Where Simenon was self-promoting, Maigret is self-effacing.
A French version, Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret, starred Jean Richard in 88 episodes between 1967 and 1990; [23] however, Simenon himself is said to have disliked Richard's Maigret because he would not take his hat off when entering a room. [24]
TitleFrench-language Publication DatePenguin Uk Reissue DateReissue #Maigret et Monsieur CharlesFebruary 19729 Jan 202075Maigret et l'indicateurJune 19715 Dec 201974Maigret et l'homme tout seulFebruary 19717 Nov 201973May 19703 Oct 201972Mar 16, 2016 · While work was carried out in the Maigrets’ building, Simenon moved the couple to his own real address on Place des Vosges, but the no. 61 of the murder scene in L’Ombre chinoise (The Shadow Puppet) doesn’t exist: Place des Vosges has 36 houses, nine on each side.
Jul 29, 2022 · Maigret was not so much Simenon’s alter ego as his polar opposite. Simenon depicted Maigret as a faithful husband, devoted homebody and modest interlocutor.
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Oct 3, 2011 · Julian Symons, an expert on the detective novel, claimed that the Maigret novels were not really part of that genre, because, he said, Simenon was not interested in detection.
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