The Murder at the Vicarage

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The Murder at the Vicarage is a classic detective novel by Agatha Christie that introduces the village sleuth Miss Marple as she investigates a murder in a quiet English parish.

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instanceOf crime novel
detective novel
adaptedAs radio drama
stage play
television drama
author Agatha Christie NERFINISHED
centralCrime murder of Colonel Protheroe
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Anne Protheroe NERFINISHED
Colonel Lucius Protheroe NERFINISHED
Dennis Clement NERFINISHED
Dr Haydock NERFINISHED
Griselda Clement NERFINISHED
Inspector Slack NERFINISHED
Lawrence Redding NERFINISHED
Lettice Protheroe NERFINISHED
Mary the maid NERFINISHED
Miss Marple NERFINISHED
Mrs Lestrange NERFINISHED
Mrs Price-Ridley NERFINISHED
Reverend Leonard Clement NERFINISHED
firstPublisher Collins Crime Club NERFINISHED
genre whodunit
hasPerspective first-person narration
hasStructure puzzle-plot mystery
hasSubgenre village mystery
hasTheme appearance versus reality
deception
morality and judgment
small-town gossip
introducesCharacter Miss Marple as a novel-length protagonist
literaryPeriod 20th-century British literature
mainSetting St Mary Mead NERFINISHED
murderLocation vicarage study
narrativeViewpointCharacter Reverend Leonard Clement NERFINISHED
narrator Reverend Leonard Clement NERFINISHED
notableFor first full-length Miss Marple novel
originalLanguage English
partOf Golden Age of Detective Fiction NERFINISHED
precededBy Miss Marple short stories in The Royal Magazine
publicationYear 1930
publisherCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
radioAdaptation BBC Radio 4 dramatization
series Miss Marple series NERFINISHED
settingType English village
televisionAdaptation BBC adaptation starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple
ITV adaptation in Agatha Christie's Marple series

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Agatha Christie notableWork The Murder at the Vicarage