fictional village of St Mary Mead
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The fictional village of St Mary Mead is a quintessentially English rural community best known as the home and primary sleuthing ground of Agatha Christie's amateur detective Miss Marple.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Mary Mead | 50 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional village ⓘ setting in literature ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
film adaptations of Miss Marple stories
ⓘ
television adaptations of Miss Marple stories ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Murder Is Announced
NERFINISHED
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The Body in the Library NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side NERFINISHED ⓘ The Moving Finger NERFINISHED ⓘ The Murder at the Vicarage NERFINISHED ⓘ various Miss Marple short stories ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Jane Marple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestKnownAs | home of Miss Marple ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| describedAs | quintessentially English rural community ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | The Murder at the Vicarage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearedInSeries | Miss Marple novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
church
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cottages ⓘ high street ⓘ large houses ⓘ post office ⓘ pub ⓘ railway station (nearby or referenced) ⓘ tea shop ⓘ vicarage ⓘ village green ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
local police
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parish church ⓘ vicarage household ⓘ |
| hasResidentType |
domestic servants
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middle-class families ⓘ retired colonels ⓘ spinsters ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
gossip as source of information
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hidden vices beneath respectable surface ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | typical English villages known to Agatha Christie ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion | Downs area of England ⓘ |
| medium |
novels
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short stories ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
backdrop for murder mysteries
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microcosm of English village life ⓘ |
| notableResident | Miss Marple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | primary sleuthing ground of Miss Marple ⓘ |
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