Resultado de búsqueda
The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (French: Pietr-le-Letton) is a 1931 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is the first novel to feature Inspector Jules Maigret who would later appear in more than a hundred stories by Simenon and who has become a legendary figure in the annals of detective fiction.
8 de abr. de 2024 · “The Strange Case of Peter the Lett” Georges Simenon (born Feb. 13, 1903, Liège, Belg.—died Sept. 4, 1989, Lausanne, Switz.) was a Belgian-French novelist whose prolific output surpassed that of any of his contemporaries and who was perhaps the most widely published author of the 20th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Plot. Arlette, a stripper at Picratt's nightclub in Montmartre, reports to the police that she has overheard two men plotting to kill a "countess". Soon afterwards both Arlette and the Countess von Farnhem, a drug user, are found dead. It turns out that Arlette was romantically involved with one of Maigret's colleagues, Inspector Lapointe.
The first novel to appear under his own name was Pietr-le-Letton (1929; The Strange Case of Peter the Lett ), in which he introduced the imperturbable, pipe-smoking Parisian police inspector Jules Maigret to fiction.
Between 1931 and 1972, 75 novels and 28 short stories about Maigret were published, starting with Pietr-le-Letton ("The Strange Case of Peter the Lett") and concluding with Maigret et Monsieur Charles ("Maigret and Monsieur Charles"). With the creation of Maigret, Simenon renewed the detective novel genre.
The first publication involving Jules Maigret was in 1931 titled The Strange Case Of Peter The Lett (This is an English translation frm the original French) and the last one was Maigret and Monsiur Gorles which was published in February of 1972 shortly before Georges Simenon’s death.
The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (French: Pietr-le-Letton) is a 1931 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is the first novel to feature Inspector Jules Maigret who would later appear in more than a hundred stories by Simenon and who has become a legendary figure in the annals of detective fiction. Property. Value.
