Some Miss Marple mysteries were later produced as films or television shows. Although information is not consistent about the amateur detective’s first appearance in short story form, she first appeared in book form in 1930: The Murder at the Vicarage.
This story later became the opening chapter of The Thirteen Problems (1932). Miss Marple first appeared in a short story titled “The Tuesday Night Club.” Sources vary as to where it appeared ( The Sketch and The Royal Magazine named) and when dates given include 1926, 1927, and 1928. She happens upon murder cases in each of the amateur detective stories and can solve them because of her close observation of human nature throughout her long life, outwitting characters much younger than herself. Miss Marple, as she is generally called, is portrayed as an elderly spinster woman of Victorian sensibilities – typically one of the oldest characters in each story where she appears – who has lived her entire life in the small village of St. She appears in twelve books and twenty short stories, starting in approximately 1926 and lasting through 1976 the last was published posthumously. Jane Marple is a fictional character created by English mystery novelist Agatha Christie. So, I thought I would share what I wrote here, with sub-headlines added. I was invited to write an encyclopedia entry on Agatha Christie’s amateur detective, Miss Jane Marple - and, as a huge fan, I was thrilled. Miss Jane Marple appears in 12 books and 20 short stories over a period of about 50 years.
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