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Miss Marple employs young women including Clara, Emily, Alice, Esther, Gwenda, and Amy from a nearby orphanage, whom she trains for service as general housemaids after the retirement of her long-time maid-housekeeper, faithful Florence. Raymond overestimates himself and underestimates his aunt's mental acuity. Miss Marple never married and has no close living relatives. In several stories, she is able to rely on her acquaintance with Sir Henry Clitheringa retired commissioner of the Metropolitan Policefor official information when required. She also has a remarkable ability to latch onto a casual comment and connect it to the case at hand. Mary Mead, over her lifetime, has given her seemingly infinite examples of the negative side of human nature.Ĭrimes always remind her of a parallel incident, although acquaintances may be bored by analogies that often lead her to a deeper realization about the true nature of a crime. Miss Marple solves difficult crimes because of her shrewd intelligence, and St. In later books, she becomes more modern and a kinder person. Mary Mead like her but are often tired by her nosy nature and how she seems to expect the worst of everyone. This early version of Miss Marple is a gleeful gossip and not an especially nice woman. The character of Jane Marple in the first Miss Marple book, The Murder at the Vicarageis markedly different from how she appears in later books. Christie may have taken the name from Marple railway stationthrough which she passed, or from Marple Hall, near her sister Madge's home at Abney Hall. This change saddened Christie and she determined to give old maids a voice: Miss Marple was born. Her first appearance in a full-length novel was in The Murder at the Vicarage in and her last appearance was in Sleeping Murder in When Michael Morton adapted the novel for the stage, he replaced the character of Caroline with a young girl. Often characterized an elderly spinster she is one of the best known of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Miss Kurnowitz Barbara Franceschi.Miss Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie 's crime novels and short stories. Clothilde Bradbury-Scott Margaret Tyzack. Instructed only to go on a coach tour of historic homes around England, she uncovers murder and intrigue.

Summary The sleuth receives a cryptic letter from a recently deceased acquaintance asking her to conduct a mysterious investigation.