Jane Marple
Miss Jane Marple is perhaps Agatha Christie's second most famous character, second only to Poirot of course! She's always on the list of amateur detectives and interestingly is often the only female addition. We enjoyed our post on Sherlock Holmes so much that we didn't see why we couldn't continue writing posts about the most famous characters cemented in history. So that's what we've done! We covered their authors, and now it is time to look at yet another famous character who stands the test of time. It all began when Christie was determined to have an older female character stick. A stage play had adapted The Murder of Roger Ackroyd but replaced the spinster Caroline Sheppard with a young girl. The swap upset her and she became cross at the fact that 'old maids' were being passed over. This spawned Miss Marple, a woman of a certain age who was impossible to replace. It is said that Miss Marple is based on the friends of Christie's ...
