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| Lengths of the Maigrets | The relative lengths of all the Maigret episodes can be seen by comparing the number of pages they take in the "Tout Simenon" edition, since the typography and style is uniform throughout the volumes. The longest is Maigret et son mort, [Maigret's dead man]. Simenon is quoted as saying he thought a book should be like a movie - read at one sitting. |
| Maigret Chapter Headings | Simenon often gave headings to his Maigret chapters – two distinct types, with semantic groupings within them. Murielle Wenger analyzes them here in More than just a title..." |
| Maigret's age and chronology |
Chronology of the ages of Maigret and Simenon -
from Jean Forest's Appendix to his "Les Archives Maigret": a chart of the relative ages of Maigret and Simenon in stories and novels where Maigret's age can be calculated.
David Drake's Comparison of Simenon's and Drake's Chronologies of Maigret's Life and Chronology of Maigret's Life and Career |
| Maigrets: Yearly Production | Using the "Tout Simenon" edition for a consistent measure, the graph shows how many Maigret pages were written year by year, from 1929 through 1972. Short stories and novels are shown in different colors. |
| Simenon / Maigret Sales | Daniel X.A. Gindraux has forwarded sales statistics on Simenon and the Maigret series. |
| Maigret outside Paris | Guido de Croock, of the Netherlands, has supplied this chart showing the locations of the Maigret novels and stories set in France which took place outside of Paris. |
| The size of Simenon's vocabulary | I've started to compile some statistics which seem to show that contrary to the often-heard comment "Simenon limited himself to a vocabulary of 2,000 words...", the vocabulary used in his novels may not be particularly small. |
| Translators | Here's a list of all the Maigret translators I've been able to identify, with the titles they've translated, linked to the plot summaries and publishing data. |
| Speaking of Maigret... | References to Maiget and Simenon in literature. |
| French francs | The value of French francs in the Maigret stories - from the Forum. |
| Sources of Maigret | Commissaire Guillaume, Xavier Guichard, Commissioner Massu, Brasserie Dauphine |
| Food | A chronological list of references to Maigret's meals and favorite foods, appearing in novels and stories, with links to the source title. |
| Radio/Audio | A chronological list of Maigret radio broadcasts from BBC and CBC... 1957 to the present... And various audio recordings |
| MaigeEn | Maigret Encyclopedia - an alphabetical, color-coded, cross-indexed hypertext list of the proper names and other interesting words appearing in the 103 Maigrets, with some explanatory context, keyed to the source volume. |
| Policemen | Maigret and his Collaborators - Murielle Wenger's analysis of the 144 other policemen who appear in the Maigret Files |
| Clothing | In Maigret's Clothes Closet - Murielle Wenger's analysis of Maigret's wardrobe |
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