The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple [Hardcover]

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• Hardcover
• Publisher: Bantam
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553057812
• ISBN-13: 978-0553057812
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,143,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Organised sorting of Christie's information, January 3, 2001

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Elsie Wilson (Aberystwyth, Cymru) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple (Hardcover)

A biography of Agatha Christie's female lead, Jane Marple. Fairly well written, as far as it goes, which is, naturally, no further than Christie went. Hart does not invent anything, barely speculates on the information we don't have given in the canon of half a dozen novels and a dozen or more short stories. Rather than a biography, even one of a fictional character, this is more of a systematisation (is that the word i want?) of the given information. As such, it is interesting to learn how unsystematic Christie was; Miss Marple changed over the years, and i had never previously realised just how much, how inconsistent some of the stories are. If i want information about Miss Marple ~ or St. Mary Mead ~ this is the book to turn to (other than reading blindly in the canon); if i'm looking for interesting speculations or character development on Christie's invention, this is not it.