| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Chr |
| Item number |
30 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
Chr |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Christie, Agatha |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Miss Marple |
| Remainder of title |
The complete short stories |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Agatha Christie |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1985 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
243 p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The character of Miss Marple is based on Christie's grandmother and her cronies, but there is no definitive source for the derivation of the name 'Marple'. The most common explanation suggests that the name was taken from the railway station in Marple, Stockport, through which Christie passed, with the alternative account that Christie took it from the home of a Marple family who lived at Marple Hall, near her sister Madge's home at Abney Hall.[3][4] Agatha Christie attributed the inspiration for the character of Miss Marple to a number of sources: Miss Marple was "the sort of old lady who would have been rather like some of my grandmother's Ealing cronies – old ladies whom I have met in so many villages where I have gone to stay as a girl".[5] Christie also used material from her fictional creation, spinster Caroline Sheppard, who appeared in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. When Michael Morton adapted Roger Ackroyd for the stage, he removed the character of Caroline replacing her with a young girl. This change saddened Christie and she determined to give old maids a voice: Miss Marple was born. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Short stories |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Mysteries |