Maigret and the Spinster
1942 novel by Georges Simenon
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Author | Georges Simenon |
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Original title | French: Cécile est morte |
Translator | Eileen Ellenbogen, Anthea Bell |
Language | French |
Series | Inspector Jules Maigret |
Genre | Detective fiction, Crime fiction |
Publisher | Gallimard |
Publication date | 1942 |
Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 1977 |
Media type | |
Preceded by | Maigret in Exile |
Followed by | To Any Lengths |
Maigret and the Spinster (other English-language title is Cécile is Dead; French: Cécile est morte) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.
Other titles
The book has been translated two times into English: in 1977 as Maigret and the Spinster translated by Eileen Ellenbogen and in 2015 as Cécile is Dead translated by Anthea Bell.[1]
Adaptations
The novel has been adapted seven times for cinema and television:[2]
- In French
- 1944: as Cécile est morte, with Albert Prejean in the main role;
- 1955: as Maigret dirige l'enquête, with Maurice Manson;
- 1967: as Cécile est morte, with Jean Richard in the lead role;
- 1994: as Cécile est morte, with Bruno Cremer;
- In Italian
- 1964: as Un'ombra su Maigret, with Gino Cervi in the main role;
- In English
- 1963: as Poor Cecile!, with Rupert Davies;
- In Russian
- 1969: as Смерть Сесили, with Boris Tenin in the lead role.
Literature
- Maurice Piron, Michel Lemoine, L'Univers de Simenon, guide des romans et nouvelles (1931-1972) de Georges Simenon, Presses de la Cité, 1983, p. 292-293 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)
External links
- Maigret at trussel.com
References
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novels
- The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1931)
- The Crime at Lock 14 (1931)
- The Death of Monsieur Gallet (1931)
- The Crime of Inspector Maigret (1931)
- A Battle of Nerves (1931)
- Maigret and the Yellow Dog (1931)
- Maigret at the Crossroads (1931)
- The Sailors' Rendezvous (1931)
- Maigret at the Gai-Moulin (1931)
- Guinguette by the Seine (1931)
- The Shadow in the Courtyard (1932)
- Maigret Goes Home (1932)
- The Flemish Shop (1932)
- Death of a Harbour Master (1932)
- The Madman of Bergerac (1932)
- Maigret in Exile (1940)
- Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942)
- Maigret and the Spinster (1942)
- To Any Lengths (1944)
- Maigret and the Toy Village (1944)
- Maigret in Retirement (1947)
- Maigret in New York (1947)
- A Summer Holiday (1948)
- Maigret's Dead Man (1948)
- Maigret's First Case (1948)
- My Friend Maigret (1949)
- Maigret and the Coroner (1949)
- Maigret and the Old Lady (1950)
- Madame Maigret's Own Case (1950)
- Maigret's Memoirs (1950)
- Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper (1950)
- Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1951)
- Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters (1951)
- Maigret's Revolver (1952)
- Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1953)
- Maigret's Mistake (1953)
- Maigret Goes to School (1954)
- Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955)
- Maigret Sets a Trap (1955)
- Maigret's Failure (1956)
- Maigret Has Scruples (1958)
- Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961)
- Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962)
- Maigret and the Dosser (1963)
- Maigret on the Defensive (1964)
- The Patience of Maigret (1965)
- Maigret Hesitates (1968)
- Maigret and the Killer (1969)
- Maigret and the Mad Woman (1970)
- Maigret and the Loner (1971)
- Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1972)
- Les Fiançailles de M. Hire (1933)
- The Night Club (1933)
- Tropic Moon (1933)
- Chit of a Girl (1938)
- The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (1938)
- Le Bourgmestre de Furnes (1939)
- The Strangers in the House (1940)
- Strange Inheritance (1941)
- La Veuve Couderc (1942)
- Young Cardinaud (1942)
- Act of Passion (1946)
- The Mahé Circle (1946)
- The Couple from Poitiers (1946)
- Pedigree (1948)
- The Bottom of the Bottle (1949)
- Belle (1952)
- Red Lights (1953)
- The Watchmaker of Everton (1954)
- The Little Man from Archangel (1956)
- The Cat (1967)
- The Man on the Bench in the Barn (1968)
- The Prison (1968)
- The Disappearance of Odile (1971)
- The Glass Cage (1971)
- The Man Who Wasn't Maigret (1992 biography)