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The Murder at the Vicarage - cover

The Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie

Maison d'édition: CLXBX

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Synopsis

The Murder at the Vicarage introduces Miss Jane Marple and establishes Agatha Christie's classic vision of crime as a disturbance of social order. Set in the seemingly tranquil village of St. Mary Mead, the novel unfolds through gossip, observation, and quiet calculation as the murder of a disliked magistrate exposes hidden rivalries, resentments, and carefully guarded secrets.

Christie's method is precise and controlled. Clues are dispersed through conversation rather than action, and truth emerges not from force but from attention to habit, character, and routine. The investigation becomes a study of community—how order is maintained, how appearances are protected, and how transgression is absorbed.

Measured, lucid, and exact, The Murder at the Vicarage stands as a defining example of the English detective novel, where crime is less an eruption of chaos than a problem to be methodically resolved.
Disponible depuis: 05/02/2026.
Longueur d'impression: 246 pages.

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